Dorchester: background information, planning issues and preliminary neighborhood improvement strategies. (draft).
Published: 1975
Language: eng
Subjects: Capital investments -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Dorchester.; Columbia Point, Boston -- Issues.; Community development -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Dorchester.; Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Dorchester -- Issues.; Streets and Roads -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Dorchester -- Issues.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Dorchester -- Planning.; Waterfronts -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Dorchester.; Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) -- Profile.; Boston (Mass.) -- Economic policy -- Dorchester.; Boston (Mass.) -- Maps -- Dorchester.
Description: ...includes a brief history of this Boston neighborhood along with a description of each of its sub-areas (Columbia Point, Savin Hill, Uphams Corner / Jones Hill, Mount Bowdoin, Meeting House Hill, Fields Corner, Popes Hill / Neponset, Codman Square, Ashmont, Lower Mills and Cedar Grove); issues discussed includes residential disinvestment, commercial center decline, blighted major streets, waterfront improvement, and Columbia Point; also includes sections on past public and private invesment, 1975 investment program and future investment needs; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...