![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Summary: south Boston - general neighborhood renewal plan - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...a summary of the 1962 urban renewal plan for South Boston; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Urban renewal; Urban renewal
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| Golden gateway, San Francisco; Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment area E-1 - Webb & Knapp, inc., New York
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Keywords: Urban renewal
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| Stenographic record: fenway urban renewal project, before committee on urban renewal, December 14, 1965, vol. 2 - Boston (Mass.). City Council
...transcripts of the second day of the heated Boston City Council hearing chaired by Councillor Foley on urban renewal plans in the Back Bay/Fenway area; testifying are the following: Paul Bickford, Anthony Caramanis, William A. Carey, Miss Roberta Chesnut, John J. DeSimone, Mrs. James J. Gibbons, Murray Glazer, Henry M. Leen, Mrs. Helen Murphy, Mrs. Marion Myers, Albert O'Neill, Mrs. Helen W. R. Perry, Dr...
Keywords: Urban renewal; Urban renewal; Urban renewal; Urban renewal
Downloads: 85 |  |
| Building a better Boston: renewal for Roxbury - Boston (Mass.). City Planning Board
...this draft urban renewal planning report for Boston's Roxbury neighborhood includes goals of urban renewal, factors to be considered in selecting an area for improvement, some facts about Roxbury and recommended first priority projects; also includes lower priority renewal projects and a section on types of renewal projects and tools available for accomplishing the projects (such as code enforcement, eminent domain, funding, etc.); a copy of this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Community development; Urban renewal; Urban renewal
Downloads: 9 |  |
| Topographical history of Charlestown - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...an historical description of the physical/topographical development of Boston's Charlestown neighborhood; suggests urban design guidelines for retaining it's historic character and touches upon other modern day concerns such as traffic issues; this appears to be a draft that includes handwritten corrections and additions; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Urban renewal; Land use; Topography; Urban renewal
Downloads: 25 |  |
| Downtown development parcels - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...provides information on each potential development project parcel in downtown Boston; gives name, address, developer, architect, site area (in square feet) and other relevant information; much of the data on these forms is incomplete; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Development Projects; Urban renewal
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| Outline of selected events in Charlestown's history
...the chronology of Boston's Charlestown neighborhood is divided into the following sections: Founding and Settlement (1625-1640), The Revolutionary War (1775), The Rebuilding (1776-1950), and Urban Renewal (1950-1965); also includes population totals 1800-1965; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Chronology; Urban renewal
Downloads: 30 |  |
| Boston's proposed community renewal program, draft for review - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...a draft of a report that may be found in BRA/1311; copies this item were in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Community development; Urban renewal
Downloads: 21 |  |
| Society Hill : a modern community that lives with history - Philadelphia (Pa.). Redevelopment Authority
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Keywords: Architecture; Urban renewal
Downloads: 12 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Man of Action - Transfilm Productions
Animated plea for urban renewal connected with 1950s efforts to "redevelop" American city centers.
Keywords: Urban renewal; Animation
Downloads: 16,190
Average rating:  (4 reviews) |  |
| Parcel 7 : Boston, Massachusetts : draft environmental assessment - Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
"January 1987."--Cover page
Keywords: Urban renewal; City planning
Downloads: 102 |  |
| Urban renewal's effect on low income housing in Boston's south end - Urban Planning Aid, Inc
...this study examines the ongoing South End Urban Renewal Project, along with socio-economic development such as gentrification, and assesses it's effect upon the availability of adequate affordable housing for low-income South End residents and makes recommendations to eliminate any deficiences found in the current or projected supply of housing available to low-income residents of the South End; reports on trends in the South End, external developments affecting the area and it's private hous...
Keywords: Housing; Gentrification; Urban renewal
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| Roslindale square revitalization study, Boston (Roslindale) Massachusetts - Ryan, Elliott Appraisal and Consulting Company, Inc
...a proposed urban renewal plan and study of the economic and community development revitalization potential for Boston's Roslindale Square; analyzes market potential and covers such issues as transportation, parking, rehabilitation, redevelopment, pedestrian circulation, implementation schedule, financing, etc.; includes statistical projections to 1985 for Roslindale, Boston and the metropolitan area of population, households, household income, estimated retail expenditure potential (Roslindal...
Keywords: Community development; Roslindale Square , Boston (Mass.); Urban renewal; Urban renewal
Downloads: 13 |  |
| A public hearing held before the Boston redevelopment authority, on Monday, July 19, 1976, commencing at 8:00 p.m. at the Warren Prescott school, Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the matter of extending the Charlestown urban renewal plan boundaries to include the Boston naval shipyard - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...transcript of the hearing; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Charlestown Navy Yard; Urban renewal; Public Hearings; Urban renewal
Downloads: 8 |  |
| Notes toward a general plan for the south end - Boston (Mass.). City Planning Board
...summarizes the Board's thinking that has been done during 1959 concerning the South End area urban renewal plan; discusses such issues as the scale of rebuilding, predominant uses, building types, density, future gross population, short term and long range physical planning objectives and assumptions, link with downtown, traffic circulation, super block concept, open space, local shopping, non-local business, buffers, rapid transit, streets, institutional development (New England medical Cent...
Keywords: Community and Economic Development; Urban renewal; Urban renewal
Downloads: 20 |  |
| Your new Washington park: a bold program in urban renewal - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...provides a brief background and description of the urban renewal plan for the Washington Park area in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood; copies of this item were in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Urban renewal; Urban renewal; Washington Park, Boston (Mass.) |  |
| Community development plan: guidelines for restoring the townscape of Charlestown - Massachusetts. Executive Office of Transportation and Construction
...sets forth criteria for the redevelopment of City Square in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood; provides a brief history of the Square, outlines of proposed highway and public transportation improvements, a development strategy; facts on each parcel, recommends uses and issultrates the urban design aspect through a simulated walking tour in the year 1999; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Urban renewal; Community and Economic Development; City planning; Urban renewal
Downloads: 49 |  |
| Contract documents and specifications: demolition and site clearance, contract no. 3 of government center project, project no. Mass. R-35, downtown north district, city of Boston, Massachusetts - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...includes invitation for bids and instruction to bidders together with forms and specifications for this project; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Government Center Urban Renewal Project, Boston (Mass.); Urban renewal
Downloads: 30 |  |
| Park plaza urban renewal project: final project report, supporting documentation, projects improvements report (Volume 3rd submission) - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...a summary of costs and more detailed information of costs in the following areas: demolition and site clearance, street adjustments, parks and public areas, street and park lighting, high service water, low service water, high pressure fire systems, surface drainage and sanitary systems, police signal systems and fire alarm systems, traffic control systems and street, traffic and directional signs; these infrastructure, utility and public safety costs are usually further broken down by street...
Keywords: Park Plaza Urban Renewal Project, Boston (Mass.); Urban renewal
Downloads: 71 |  |
| A project that almost made it - Osgood, Viola
...this article, reprinted from the Dec. 11, 1978, BOSTON GLOBE, concerns the Washington Park urban renewal project in Boston's Roxbury community; states that the project is unraveling due to the fact that it has not been completed, lacks funds for it's maintenance, was poorly conceived, etc.; pictures document specific problems such as abandoned buildings, vacant lots and the Washington Park mall; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Community development; Urban renewal; Urban renewal; Washington Park, Boston (Mass.)
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| [speech] - Kenney, Robert T
...text of Boston Redevelopment Authority director Kenney's speeh given at a Boston Citizen's Seminar on planning for Boston's future economy during the 1970's; reviews urban renewal efforts of the 1960's; gives information on jobs, office space, the service industry, retail trade, affordable housing, South Station, central business district, transportation, UMass Boston campus and many other aspects of various Boston development projects and economy; a copy of this item was in the BRA collectio...
Keywords: Development Projects; Kenney, Robert T; Planning; Urban renewal; Urban renewal
Downloads: 11 |  |
| Stenographic record: final plans of government center urban renewal project, [hearing] before committee on urban redevelopment, rehabilitation and renewal, July 9, 1963, vol. 3 - Boston (Mass.). City Council
...transcript of the third hearing chaired by Councillor McDonough concerning the final plans of the Government Center Urban Renewal Project; issues discussed include the buildings' exterior material (precast stone, cement, brick, etc.), subway tunnel problems, use of consultants, investigations of conduct concerning the negotiations of the Merchants Bank prior to City Council approval of the Urban Renewal Plan, etc.; testifying were: Samuel A...
Keywords: Government Center Urban Renewal Project, Boston (Mass.); Urban renewal
Downloads: 38 |  |
| Land disposition map, campus high school urban renewal area, mass. R-(no number) - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...depicts the following for the Campus High School Urban Renewal Area in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood: disposition parcels, early land acquisition and project boundary; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Campus High School Urban Renewal Area, Boston (Mass.); Eminent domain; Land use; Urban renewal; Urban renewal |  |
| Ruggles center, final environmental impact report, eoea no. 6133 (Volume Final Appendices) - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...an analysis of the environmental impacts of a proposed development project (public plaza, office building, hotel and parking garage) on parcels 18-1A, 18-1B, 18-3A, 18-3B and 18-2 bordered by Tremont and Ruggles Streets, Melnea Cass Boulevard and the Southwest Corridor at Ruggles Station in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood; includes a history of the project, information on parcel-to-parcel linkage, community citizen participation efforts and public benefits; describes the site, the project, it's...
Keywords: Development Projects; Development Projects; Environmental impact statements; Environmental impact statements; Urban renewal; Linkage; Parcel 18, Boston (Mass.); Parcel Development; Urban renewal; Urban renewal; Urban renewal
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| Back bay general development plan, summary report - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...a collection of materials offered as an aid to prepare members of the Back Bay Council for the final presentation of the Back Bay General Development Plan on July 31, 1967 at the Boston Architectural Center; includes the following: objectives and highlights of this urban renewal plan, excerpts from the report on land use and marketability prepared by James D. Landauer Associates, Inc., recommendations on urban design and sign controls prepared by Wilhelm von Moltke, Chapman and Goyette, recom...
Keywords: Beatification; Landscape gardening; Urban renewal; Zoning
Downloads: 11 |  |
| Government center photos - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...20 architectural photographs and renderings of buildings or proposed buildings in downtown Boston's Government Center urban renewal area; a few are dated on the back and/or name the architectural firm designing the structure; some indicate which parcel they have been designed for but most have no written information; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Buildings; Downtown, Boston (Mass.); Urban renewal
Downloads: 9 |  |
| Report on project improvements: Charlestown general neighborhood renewal plan area - Edwards and Keicey
...brief description of buildings, topography, etc.; detailed discussion of condition of streets and improvements to be made; includes data and recommendations on parking, public transportation, traffic signals, police and fire alarm boxes, water supply, steet and park lighting; also includes 29 pages of boring data; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Geology; Pollution; Sewerage; Soils; Transportation; Urban renewal
Downloads: 11 |  |
| Preliminary indications of markekt in the gnrp area of downtown Boston - Real Estate Research Corporation
...a memorandum addressed to I. M. Pei from Richard Lawrence Nelson commenting upon the marketability of land in the proposed downtown urban renewal area; discusses housing, especially in the waterfront area, and other uses; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Housing; Land use; Urban renewal; Waterfronts
Downloads: 16 |  |
| Back bay development plan, 1967 - Adams, Howard & Oppermann
...a proposed ten year development/growth policy urban renewal plan for Boston's Back Bay neighborhood; provides history leading to the plan and describes current problems; makes recomemdnations for the following: Copley Square, Boylston Street, Stuart and St. James area, Beacon Street-Commonwealth Avenue area, Prudential Center, Christian Science Church development, Park Square area and St. Botolph Street neighborhood; discusses: costs, public enterprise, public controls (architectural controls...
Keywords: Growth Policy; Landscape gardening; Urban renewal
Downloads: 15 |  |
| Expedition St. Louis! The City Fights Back - Missouri History Museum
Segment on the need for urban renewal from a documentary, broadcast on KTVI TV - c. 1960
Keywords: St. Louis; Missouri History Museum; Urban Renewal
Downloads: 326
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| Community renewal program, city of Boston: project completion report - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...reports on a just completed federally funded program that provided information, analysis and a projection base needed for the formulation of Boston's growth policy, urban renewal, community economic neighborhood development planning; discusses tax and fiscal policy, assessing, housing, building inspection code enforcement, rent control, industrial development, manpower/employment, elderly affiars, public works/infrastructure, public safety, education, bond issuance, financing, land use, publi...
Keywords: Community development; Growth Policy; Planning; Urban renewal
Downloads: 12 |  |
| Comprehensive plan for Lewistown Planning Area (Volume 1971) - Clark, Coleman & Rupeiks, inc
"Project no. Montana P-45 C-3. Prepared under contract for the Department of Planning and Economic Development, State of Montana, and the Lewistown City-County Planning board."
Keywords: Land use; Urban renewal; City planning
Downloads: 19 |  |
| Downtown strategic plan, Los Angeles - Los Angeles (Calif.). Downtown Strategic Plan Advisory Committee
Cover title
Keywords: Central business districts; Urban renewal; City planning
Downloads: 68 |  |
| Dynamic American City, The (Part II) - Baskaw (Frederick J).
Advocates urban redevelopment and renewal, 1950s-style. Supports many planning strategies which are criticized today: the destruction of "blighted" neighborhoods in the name of progress, autocentric planning and construction, and suburban sprawl.
Keywords: Infrastructure: Construction; City planning; Urban renewal
Downloads: 6,250
Average rating:  (1 review) |  |
| Dynamic American City, The (Part I) - Baskaw (Frederick J).
Advocates urban redevelopment and renewal, 1950s-style. Supports many planning strategies which are criticized today: the destruction of "blighted" neighborhoods in the name of progress, autocentric planning and construction, and suburban sprawl.
Keywords: Infrastructure: Construction; City planning; Urban renewal
Downloads: 6,191
Average rating:  (4 reviews) |  |
| Factorial determinants of urban policy - Bryant, Stephen, 1943-
Manuscript copy
Keywords: Urban renewal; Urban policy; City planning
Downloads: 12 |  |
| Fort point channel urban design guidelines - Harvard University. Graduate School of Design
...this study attempts to formulate a series of integrated urban design guidelines along with a suggested area development plan; the plan draws heavily on developers' proposed projects for this South Boston waterfront area; includes various information and cost data on the West Bank, Athanas site, loft buildings, sports arena / stadium, and convention center, and Midway Street; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Development Projects; City planning; Urban renewal
Downloads: 67 |  |
| Housing preferences of older people - United Community Services of Metropolitan Boston
...presents the results of a follow-up survey on the effects on the elderly of being relocated from Bsoton's West End to housing in other areas; reports on where they are living and their satisfaction with many aspects of the quality of their life including social relations with their ethnic group, children, relatives, friends, etc.; the appendix includes a copy of the questionnaire used in the survey..
Keywords: Older people; Housing; Relocation; Urban renewal
Downloads: 18 |  |
| Neighborhood improvement program 1978-1979 community development block grant and neighborhood capital improvement budgets (Volume 1975) - Massachusetts Office of Program Development
...gives background of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 that consolidated federal funding of various urban renewal programs into a single Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); gives overview of neighborhood improvement and preservation in Boston; discusses and presents budget data on each community/economic development program and capital improvement project (such as homesteading, affordable housing, open space, demolition and boarding, security patrols, business districts, ...
Keywords: Capital investments; Community development; Neighborhood; Urban renewal
Downloads: 8 |  |
| Neighborhood improvement program 1978-1979 community development block grant and neighborhood capital improvement budgets (Volume 1976) - Massachusetts Office of Program Development
...gives background of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 that consolidated federal funding of various urban renewal programs into a single Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); gives overview of neighborhood improvement and preservation in Boston; discusses and presents budget data on each community/economic development program and capital improvement project (such as homesteading, affordable housing, open space, demolition and boarding, security patrols, business districts, ...
Keywords: Capital investments; Community development; Neighborhood; Urban renewal
Downloads: 10 |  |
| Neighborhood improvement program 1978-1979 community development block grant and neighborhood capital improvement budgets (Volume 1977) - Massachusetts Office of Program Development
...gives background of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 that consolidated federal funding of various urban renewal programs into a single Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); gives overview of neighborhood improvement and preservation in Boston; discusses and presents budget data on each community/economic development program and capital improvement project (such as homesteading, affordable housing, open space, demolition and boarding, security patrols, business districts, ...
Keywords: Capital investments; Community development; Neighborhood; Urban renewal
Downloads: 10 |  |
| Neighborhood improvement program 1978-1979 community development block grant and neighborhood capital improvement budgets (Volume 1978-79) - Massachusetts Office of Program Development
...gives background of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 that consolidated federal funding of various urban renewal programs into a single Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); gives overview of neighborhood improvement and preservation in Boston; discusses and presents budget data on each community/economic development program and capital improvement project (such as homesteading, affordable housing, open space, demolition and boarding, security patrols, business districts, ...
Keywords: Capital investments; Community development; Neighborhood; Urban renewal
Downloads: 123 |  |
| Place to Live, A - Documentary Film Productions, Inc.
Slum clearance and the construction of new housing in Philadelphia.
Keywords: Urban renewal; Philadelphia, Pa; City planning
Downloads: 3,350
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Project r-82: central business district urban renewal project: application for early land acquisition loan. (staff draft for review only) - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...grant application seeking federal funds; contains reports on this urban renewal area in downtown Boston, it's potentials, deficiencies, justification for clearance, substandard building classification, acquisition policy for buildings, land acquisition, and many other related issues; also contains various legal documents and opinions as well as budget data; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Grant Applications; Land Acquisition; Urban renewal
Downloads: 16 |  |
| Resolution of the Boston redevelopment authority approving the urban renewal plan and the conditions under which relocation payments will be made for the central business district/Bedford-west urban renewal project - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...text of the resolution adopted at a meeting of the Authority held on 8 February 1973 together with a certificate of vote dated 3 April 1975 authorizing it's execution; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Boston Redevelopment Authority; Bedford West Urban Renewal Plan, Boston (Mass.); Central Business District Urban Renewal Plan, Boston (Mass.); Relocation; Relocation; Urban renewal; Urban renewal
Downloads: 8 |  |
| Resolution of the city council of Boston approving the urban renewal plan and feasibility of relocation for the central business district/Bedford-west urban renewal project no - Boston (Mass.). City Council
...text of a resolution approved 30 April 1973 by the Boston City Council approving the Central Business District/Bedford-West urban renewal plan and setting forth various steps to be taken concerning financing, infrastructure improvements, compliance with federal and state laws, relocation, zoning, etc. and pledging the Council's cooperation in carrying out the plan; attached is a text boundary description of the area dated 3 April 1975; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Boston (Mass.). City Council; Bedford West Urban Renewal Plan, Boston (Mass.); Central Business District Urban Renewal Plan, Boston (Mass.); Urban renewal; Urban renewal
Downloads: 6 |  |
| Rochester: A City of Quality (Part II) - Handy (Jam) Organization
Tour of the area, concentrating on redevelopment and economic activity.
Keywords: Urban renewal; Rochester, N.Y
Downloads: 7,244
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| Rochester: A City of Quality (Part I) - Handy (Jam) Organization
Tour of the area, concentrating on redevelopment and economic activity.
Keywords: Urban renewal; Rochester, N.Y
Downloads: 9,156
Average rating:  (10 reviews) |  |
| Ruggles center, final environmental impact report, eoea no. 6133 (Volume Final) - Boston Redevelopment Authority
...an analysis of the environmental impacts of a proposed development project (public plaza, office building, hotel and parking garage) on parcels 18-1A, 18-1B, 18-3A, 18-3B and 18-2 bordered by Tremont and Ruggles Streets, Melnea Cass Boulevard and the Southwest Corridor at Ruggles Station in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood; includes a history of the project, information on parcel-to-parcel linkage, community citizen participation efforts and public benefits; describes the site, the project, it's...
Keywords: Development Projects; Development Projects; Environmental impact statements; Environmental impact statements; Urban renewal; Linkage; Parcel 18, Boston (Mass.); Parcel Development; Urban renewal; Urban renewal; Urban renewal
Downloads: 35 |  |
| Speech before Boston college seminar - October 27, 1964 - Lund, Joseph W. (?)
...first draft of a speech to be given at the seminar upon the presentation of a report prepared by Spencer Hurtt Associates titled "A Program to Shape a Future in (Boston's) Back Bay."; provides background information and summarizes this urban renewal planning report; this item was in the BRA collection..
Keywords: Lund, Joseph W; Planning; Urban renewal
Downloads: 4 |  |
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