new John Hancock building, an example of public and private decision-making: proceedings, Boston architectural center conference, May 4, 1968, Boston, Massachusetts.
Published: 1968
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: John Hancock Building (Boston, Mass.) -- Planning -- Issues.; Political participation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Back Bay / South End.; Community and Economic Development -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Back Bay / South End.; Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Back Bay / South End.; Planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Back Bay / South End -- Issues.; Back Bay (Boston, Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Issues.; South End (Boston, Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Issues.
Description: ...transcript of a meeting discussing the John Hancock Building project in Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood as a typical example of public and private decision making; covers such issues as powerlessness and irrelevance of city planning overcome by powerful economic interests, grass roots citizen participation, the need for the project to develop a link between the Back Bay and the South End, the need for better planning and alternative plans, etc.; this item was in the BRA collection...