The Boston plan
Published: 1977
Language: eng
Subjects: Columbia Point, Boston (Mass.); Boston Marine Industrial Park, Boston (Mass.); Aerial Views; Plans; Planned communities; Urban renewal; Columbia Point; Blue Hill Avenue, Boston (Mass.); Proposals; Crosstown Industrial Park, Boston (Mass.); Community and Economic Development; Charlestown / Dorchester / Hyde Park / Roxbury / South Boston; New towns; Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)
Description: ...the purpose of The Boston Plan is to demonstrate how Boston can effectively utilize Federal financial assistance in a coordinated and well-organized manner to remedy some of it's major problems and to preserve Boston as a viable place to live and work; this document is a blueprint for improving life in Boston through 72 projects which have previously been beyond the city's capacity to address due to a lack of funds; describes existing conditions in each area which is targeted for revitalization (Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury, Hyde Park {especially Cleary Square}, a new community at Columbia Point, and a center of industrial growth at the Boston harbor waterfront {Boston Marine Industrial Park, container port, rehabilitation of the Fish Pier, Charlestown Navy Yard, and Fort Point Channel}); also contains an aerial view of Columbia Point; makes proposals intended to create job opportunities, foster business and industrial development, reduce crime, improve housing conditions and generally foster confidence in the city; estimates costs, benefits and source of funding for each proposal; a copy of the second draft was in the BRA collection and is kept on call number: BRA/4048...