Redevelopment of the Boston waterfront. (draft).
Published: 1978
Language: eng
Subjects: White, Kevin.; Boston Redevelopment Authority.; Political participation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- North End -- Waterfront Redevelopment.; Collins, John and Logue, Edward.; Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront -- Parcel C2 -- Issues.; Housing and Hotels -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront -- Controversies.; Kenney, Robert.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront -- History / Issues.; Waterfront Project Restudy Committee, Boston (Mass.); Wholesale Food Industry -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Zuckerman, Mortimer.; Long Wharf (Boston, Mass.) -- Parcels A6 and A7.
Description: ...gives a brief history of Boston waterfront development; includes section on Mayor Collins and Edward Logue's role in the early stages of urban renewal planning for the "New Boston"; discusses the federal government's role, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, plans for the waterfront, tidelands licensing, relocation of food dealers (meat, produce and fish), traffic changes, housing developments, commercial developments, role of Robert Kenney (BRA Director), Parcel C-2 and other waterfront development issues and confrontations, citizen participation (especially North End), Long Wharf (Parcels A6 and A7), the controversial process of the selection of a hotel developer (Zukerman) and Mayor White's intervention, urban design issues, the BRA design evaluation of eight hotel proposals, the Waterfront Restudy Committee's recommendations and Kenney's decision, and other information; copies of this item were in the BRA collection...