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020 $a155553161X (alk. paper) :$c$24.95
020 $a1555532462 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHT177.B6$bO36 1993
082 00 $a307.3/416/0974461$220
100 1 $aO'Connor, Thomas H.,$d1922-2012.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50025254
245 10 $aBuilding a new Boston :$bpolitics and urban renewal, 1950-1970 /$cThomas H. O'Connor.
260 $aBoston :$bNortheastern University Press,$c[1993], ©1993.
263 $a9305
300 $axvi, 351 pages :$billustrations, 1 map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$t"A Hopeless Backwater" -- $g2.$tForming a New Coalition -- $g3.$tVisions and Designs -- $g4.$t"Where's Boston?" -- $g5.$tTrial and Error -- $g6.$tA New Beginning -- $g7.$t"The Stars Were Right" -- $g8.$tProgress and Populism -- $g9.$tChanging Times.
520 1 $a"Between 1950 and 1970, an unusual alliance of government and business interacting with neighborhood groups created impressive physical revitalization in Boston. A city characterized at the end of World War II by a rich history, an undistinguished skyline, urban decay, and no discernible plan for its future, Boston by the end of the 1970s featured a striking silhouette of old and new buildings symbolizing changes that transformed the city into one of America's five most vital and attractive urban centers." "But the rejuvenation also produced unintended, frequently contradictory, and sometimes tragic consequences. The multicultural West End was destroyed and many of its residents were displaced. The attraction of new capital, new business, and tourists to the revitalized city wrought damaging social and economic vibrations that continue to this day. This book provides the first comprehensive political history of Boston's renewal and its aftermath. It is a tale principally of the determination of two mayors, John B. Hynes and John F. Collins, and those inside government and the business community who worked with them. It is also the story of community resistance, particularly in the immigrant West End and the predominantly black South End, by those who perceived the original plans as harmful to their communities."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aUrban renewal$zMassachusetts$zBoston$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aBoston (Mass.)$xSocial conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114441
651 0 $aBoston (Mass.)$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aBoston (Mass.)$xPolitics and government.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015936
852 00 $boff,war$hHT177.B6$iO36 1993
852 00 $bbar$hHT177.B6$iO36 1993