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

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

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Main Author: Roessner, Jane (Author)
Other Authors: Crockett, Karilyn (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.

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