Housing regulation and reform in Boston, 1822-1924: antecedents of zoning.
Published: 1973
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Building Heights -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.; Fire prevention -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.; Housing Regulation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.; Public health laws -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.; Tenement houses -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.; Zoning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.
Other titles: Working paper no. 7.
Description: ...a study of the history of Massachusetts land use regulation and other laws that affected housing development which set the precedents for the 1924 Boston Zoning Law; covers fire prevention, building heights, health laws prior to 1868, tenement house reform movement of 1846, the 1868 Tenement House Act, health code, etc.; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...