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A Decent Place To Live From Columbia Point to Harbor Point-A Community History / Jane Roessner ; [new foreword by Karilyn Crockett].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roessner, Jane, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 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.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Massachusetts.
- Genre:
- History.
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Northeastern University Press
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Reprint of 2000 edition with new foreword.
- OCLC:
- 1102420401
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