Terminal area development, Boston: presentations, correspondence, authorities, clippings.
Published: 1957
Language: eng
Subjects: South Station (Boston, Mass.) -- Urban Renewal -- Planning.; Political participation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Urban Renewal -- Planning.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Leather District (Boston) -- Planning.; Massachusetts Turnpike, Boston (Mass.) -- Recommendations.; Municipal finance -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Issues.; New York Streets, South End, Boston (Mass.) -- Urban Renewal -- Planning.; Transportation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Recommendations.; Local transit -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Recommendations.; South Bay / South Cove, Boston (Mass.) -- Urban Renewal -- Planning.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Planning.; Fort Point Channel Area (Boston, Mass.) -- Land Fill Proposals.; West End (Boston, Mass.) -- Housing -- Proposed.
Other titles: Boston terminal area development: correspondence and clippings.
Description: ...consists of correspondence between the city of Boston and, mainly, Webb and Knapp, Inc. concerning various urban renewal development project proposals; includes a letter from Mayor John B. Hynes addressed to William Zeckendorf, President of Webb and Knapp, Inc. concerning Boston's financial problems; discusses areas where urban renewal efforts should be undetaken (South Station area including South Station and it's tracks, Boston and Albany freight yards, the Leather and Shoe District, and the New York Streets area in the South End); also discusses MA Turnpike extension and other expressway and transportation improvements, a West End housing development proposal and includes correspondence to and from a Citizen's Working Committee appointed by the Mayor; extension of the rapid transit service, the filling in of Fort Point Channel and South Bay is discussed; a section is devoted to related newspaper clippings; this item was in the BRA collection...