A Decent Place To Live From Columbia Point to Harbor Point-A Community History / Jane Roessner ; [new foreword by Karilyn Crockett].
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TextDescription: 1 online resource (1 online resource xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations, mapsISBN: 9781555538835; 1555538835Subject(s): 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 -- BostonGenre/Form: History. | Case studies. | Electronic books. | Electronic books. Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Reprint of 2000 edition with new foreword.
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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