A Decent Place To Live From Columbia Point to Harbor Point-A Community History /

When Boston's Columbia Point housing project was built in the early 1950s on the isolated edge of Dorchester Bay, it was hailed as a noble government experiment to provide temporary housing for working-class families who had fallen on hard times. By the mid-1970s, the model community had disint...

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Columbia Point, 1951-1962 --
Breaking Ground at the Calf Pasture --
The Promise of Public Housing --
Ignoring the Warnings --
Moving In: A Tale of Two Families --
Building a New Community --
The Mothers Club --
Children of the Point: I --
Columbia Point in the Spotlight --
Columbia Point, 1962-1978 --
"Island of Isolation" --
The Downhill Slide --
Housing of Last Resort --
Children of the Point: II --
Planning for Columbia Point --
Moving Out and Moving In --
The News from Columbia Point --
Columbia Point, 1978-1987 --
Unlikely Partners --
Seeing Is Believing --
The Court Takes Over --
Receivership --
Shotgun Marriage --
Designing the New Community --
The Wrecking Ball --
Harbor Point, 1988-2000 --
The Blitz --
Goodboy --
Renting and Recession --
Moving into Harbor Point --
Running the New Community --
Lessons from Harbor Point.
1. Verfasser:
Roessner, Jane
Weitere Verfasser:
Crockett, Karilyn (writer of foreword.)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Northeastern University Press
Zusammenfassung:
When Boston's Columbia Point housing project was built in the early 1950s on the isolated edge of Dorchester Bay, it was hailed as a noble government experiment to provide temporary housing for working-class families who had fallen on hard times. By the mid-1970s, the model community had disintegrated and become a symbol of failure, decay, crime, and danger. Today, Columbia Point has been redeveloped as Harbor Point, a privately owned and managed mixed-income, racially integrated complex that stands handsomely alongside its institutional neighbors, the John F. Kennedy Library, the Massachusetts Archives, and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. A Decent Place to Live chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of Columbia Point through the voices of those who struggled to make a life there and who battled to rebuild their community. A fascinating story of people, conflict, continuity, and change, the work captures the rich yet troubled heritage of Columbia Point and celebrates the aspirations and tenacity of its residents. It reclaims a neglected piece of Boston's history and offers important lessons for urban planners and policy makers nationwide. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 2000. With a new foreword by Karilyn Crockett.
Umfang:
1 online resource (1 online resource xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps
Anmerkungen:
Reprint of 2000 edition with new foreword.
Anmerkungen:
English
Schlagworte:
Urban renewal.
Public housing.
Housing policy.
City planning.
Housing policy > Massachusetts > Boston > History > Case studies.
Public housing > Massachusetts > Boston > History > Case studies.
City planning > Massachusetts > Boston > History > Case studies.
Urban renewal > Massachusetts > Boston > History > Case studies.
History.
Case studies.
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