A Decent Place To Live : From Columbia Point to Harbor Point-A Community History / / Jane Roessner ; [new foreword by Karilyn Crockett].

• VerfasserIn: Roessner, Jane,
• TeilnehmendeR: Crockett, Karilyn,
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource xiv, 314 pages) :; illustrations, maps
• Notes: Reprint of 2000 edition with new foreword.
• Other title: 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.
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jane Roessner ; [new foreword by Karilyn Crockett].

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.