An act of faith: the building of the Washington park urban renewal area, 1960-1967
Published: 1990
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Urban renewal; Church buildings; Roxbury; Washington Park; Housing and Infill Housing; Building Rehabilitation; Community development; Planning; Architecture; Politics; City planning; Issues; History
Description: ...concerns the Washington Park urban renewal project in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood; includes brief early history of Roxbury and then attempts to understand the political forces which shaped and built this urban renewal area, the string of public laws which made it poosible, the people and institutions which planned and executed the project and gives a detailed assessment of the built community and it's architecture; also details all urban renewal activities (housing, schools, churches, streets, institutions, open space, etc.) and their financing; attached is a copy of the BRA publication "Your New Washington Park: A Bold Program in Urban Renewal"; the appendix contains "A Conversation with Edward J. Logue"; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...