A Decent Place to Live: From Columbia Point to Harbor Point: A Community History - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Calf Pasture PressISBN-13:9780998954400ISBN-10:998954403UPC:9780998954400Book Category:Social Science, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, United States, Public PolicyBook Topic:Urban, State & Local, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:11.02 x 8.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.7108Product ID:SCX16X97H6
"A Decent Place to Live" chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of Columbia Point-a Boston housing project built in in the early 1950s for working-class families. By the mid-1970s, the model community had disintegrated and become a symbol of failure, danger, and decay. Redeveloped as Harbor Point, the complex was reborn in 1988 as a successful mixed-income, racially diverse community. Told...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Calf Pasture PressISBN-13:9780998954400ISBN-10:998954403UPC:9780998954400Book Category:Social Science, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, United States, Public PolicyBook Topic:Urban, State & Local, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:11.02 x 8.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.7108Product ID:SCX16X97H6
JANE ROESSNER, who holds a PhD in English literature, is a Senior Writer/Editor at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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