A decent place to live: from Columbia Point to Harbor Point, a community history.

Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20234646
Title:
A decent place to live : from Columbia Point to Harbor Point, a community history
Creator:
Roessner, Jane (Author)
Contributor:
American City Coalition (Contributor)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Boston, Mass. : Northeastern University Press, 2000
Copyright date:
2000
Type of resource:
Text
Genre:
Monographs
Format:
electronic
x, 314 pages
Digital origin:
reformatted digital
Abstract/Description:
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.--Author's abstract
Related item:
A Decent Place to Live From Columbia Point to Harbor Point : A Community History
Subjects and keywords:
Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- Case studies
City planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- Case studies
Public housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- Case studies
Housing policy -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- Case studies
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