A Decent Place To Live : From Columbia Point to Harbor Point-A Community History / / 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 disint...
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505 | 0 | 0 | |t Columbia Point, 1951-1962 -- |t Breaking Ground at the Calf Pasture -- |t The Promise of Public Housing -- |t Ignoring the Warnings -- |t Moving In: A Tale of Two Families -- |t Building a New Community -- |t The Mothers Club -- |t Children of the Point: I -- |t Columbia Point in the Spotlight -- |t Columbia Point, 1962-1978 -- |t "Island of Isolation" -- |t The Downhill Slide -- |t Housing of Last Resort -- |t Children of the Point: II -- |t Planning for Columbia Point -- |t Moving Out and Moving In -- |t The News from Columbia Point -- |t Columbia Point, 1978-1987 -- |t Unlikely Partners -- |t Seeing Is Believing -- |t The Court Takes Over -- |t Receivership -- |t Shotgun Marriage -- |t Designing the New Community -- |t The Wrecking Ball -- |t Harbor Point, 1988-2000 -- |t The Blitz -- |t Goodboy -- |t Renting and Recession -- |t Moving into Harbor Point -- |t Running the New Community -- |t Lessons from Harbor Point. |
520 | |a 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. | ||
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