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Codman Square

Description: Street environs of Codman Square Dorchester. Hardware store, First National Bank, Woolworth, Grant Building. Abandoned building plastered with posters. Branch library, small business storefronts. Interview with merchant Joe Katz who is optimistic about future of area, particularly as new grocery store opens. Female police officer on mounted (horse) patrol in rain. Mayor Kevin White on scene to inaugurate opening of Our Market (tape ends before he speaks). Timmy Clegg of Codman Square Community Development Corp tells of rejuvenation of closed supermarket with neighbor involvement.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/25/1979

Energy audit

Description: Putty-like rope caulk, tube of caulking, fiberglass batting insulation. BostonGas bills. Interview with homeowners in Dorchester about why they are having an energy audit. Inspector shows form to note data about heating system, structure, and energy saving improvements. Honeywell thermostat. Printout of recommendations. House exterior. Weatherization.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1979

Gas heat conversion

Description: BostonGas spokesperson says there is unprecedented demand for conversion of oil heating systems to gas. He is confident all residential customers can be served; fuel supply is adequate until well into the future. Says gas is cheaper than oil, cleaner burning, and the most efficient. Talks about LNG, propane, methane and gas exploration, and potential for coal gasification. Above-ground pipelines and BostonGas tanks in Dorchester, including Corita Kent rainbow painting.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1979

St. Mark's parish

Description: Children play in Wainwright Park in St. Mark's parish neighborhood of Dorchester. Younger boys ride bicycles and older youth congregate. Driving past multifamily houses on Welles Avenue and vicinity. Row of triple deckers facing vacant lot.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/04/1979

The Liquidator, Inc.

Description: Interview about illegal chemical waste disposal at The Liquidator, Inc. in Dorchester. Lot of Liquidator enclosed by chain link fence around trailer, shipping containers, scrap metal and tire heaps, corroded barrels. Closure posting from Boston Board of Health. “Hazardous building” sign.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/28/1979

Timilty and Finnegan campaigning

Description: Campaigning in mayoral race: Joseph Timilty in Ashmont Hill, Dorchester. He speaks on displacement and discusses issues with local families. David Finnegan speaks to press at Boston harbor on returning harbor to its primacy. He explains the importance and efficiency of commuter transportation across the water during an energy crisis.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/02/1979

Timilty campaigns in Dorchester

Description: Day after primary, Boston mayoral candidate Joseph Timilty campaigns on Adams Street in Dorchester. Speaks to press and gathered crowd. Pan of storefronts at Adams Corner. Tom Menino.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/26/1979

Trouble in Wainwright Park

Description: Wainwright Park in Dorchester. Boys play basketball. Ashmont red line T station. Interview with brothers James and Pat Hart and friend Terry Deady about racial conflict in the neighborhood. They accuse black youth from Codman Square of throwing bottles and trying to take over their basketball court. They talk about "rocking" (stoning) houses in retaliation.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1979

Ward 16

Description: Profile of Ward 16 and how Kevin White will fare vs Joe Timilty in mayoral race. Dorchester homes, churches, Keystone Factory. B+W stills of Boston mayors Nichols, Tobin, Curley, Hynes, Collins.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1979

Water pipes in Dorchester

Description: Trench being dug with claw shovel around buried water pipes on Columbia Street, Dorchester. New cast iron pipes on sidewalk await installation. Two men measure length of pipe. Big pipe being cut with radial arm saw. Front end loader dumps dirt into trench. Gasket fitted around pipe. Man shovels dirt back into trench.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/27/1979