Project r-82: central business district urban renewal project: application for early land acquisition land.
Published: 1965
Language: eng
Subjects: Central Business District, Boston (Mass.) -- Land Taking -- Urban Renewal.; Downtown, Boston (Mass.) -- Land Taking -- Urban Renewal.; Eminent domain -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Urban Renewal.; Grant Applications -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Urban Renewal.; Land Taking -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Urban Renewal.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Central Business District.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.
Description: ...a loan application submitted to the US Urban Renewal Administration seeking funds for land acquisition in downtown Boston's central business district urban renewal area; describes the area and it's deficiencies and provides data on properties to be taken (Washington Street, Ladder Blocks, Church Green, financial district, Garment-Chinatown, Hinge area, Park Square, Leather District, South Station, etc.); also includes cost/budget data, resolutions of the City Council and the BRA, the Covenant of the City of Boston to Bear Any Loss, opinion of counsel, notice of public hearing, a boundary description of the project area and other documents; accompanied by 3 folded maps: 1) existing land use, 2) building deficiencies and 3) parcel acquisition; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...