Redeveloping or preserving public housing: the future of columbia point.
Published: 1981
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
Subjects: Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Columbia Point.; Columbia Point, Boston (Mass.) -- Housing -- Studies.; Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Columbia Point -- Studies.; Public housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Columbia Point -- Studies.
Description: ...Columbia Point, Boston's largest and most stigmatized public housing project: thesis examines the history of the planning process and the rationale for the proposed redeveloment plan; the implications of redevelopment on the low income population as related to four main issues is addressed: private redevelopment, mixed income housing, demolition and disposition of public housing, and the proposed physical design; the study concludes that recent proposals for demolition or deposition not private redevelopment are appropriate solutions to the problem; appendices include excerpts from the Peninsula Planning Committee's COMPOSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN and Boston Housing Authority's URBAN INITIATIVE PROGRAM and other related documents such as an evaluation of the Carr, Lynch Redevelopment Plan for Columbia Point, Tenant Policy Council resolution, etc.; this item was in the BRA collection...