Charlestown preliminary sketch plan.
Published: 1961
Language: eng
Subjects: Area measurement -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown.; Community Facilities -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown.; Community organization -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown.; Fire stations -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown.; Historic sites -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown -- Proposals.; Libraries -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown.; Playgrounds -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown.; Schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown.; Socioeconomic Characteristics -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown.; Roads -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Charlestown -- Planning / Plans.; Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) -- Overviews / Community and Economic Development / Planning.
Description: ...reviews social, economic and physical characteristics of Boston's Charlestown neighborhood; includes area measurement of portions of Charlestown such as Monument and Winthrop Squares, Harvard Mall and various burial grounds; briefly discusses pros and cons of National Historic Site Commission recommendations concerning re-creation of the Bunker Hill battlefield; charts history of population growth (1770-1960) indicating key events; outlines proposed street and highway network and sets forth a preliminary urban renewal plan, proposals to achieve the plan's objectives and unresolved issues needing further study; also discusses existing community facilities (schools, community youth organizations, library, firestations and playgrounds; copies of this item were in the BRA collection...