Building a New Boston: Selected Essays of Sterling A. Brown Paperback - 1995
by Thomas H. O'Connor
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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.
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- Title Building a New Boston: Selected Essays of Sterling A. Brown
- Author Thomas H. O'Connor
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-08-10
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781555532468 / 1555532462
- Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 9.07 x 6.19 x 0.93 in (23.04 x 15.72 x 2.36 cm)
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- Cultural Region: New England
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92042258
- Dewey Decimal Code 711
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