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Updike interview, Part 2

Description: Studio interview with John Updike about Eastern European writers. He recommends Yugoslav writer Danilo Kis, although it might be hard to find in bookstores. He also talks about a Polish writers including Bruno Schulz. He compares Polish poets and prose writer. He talks about the work of Milan Kundera. He describes Eastern Europeans writers' situation and their often surreal styles sometimes resulting in "magical realism."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1989

Uphams Corner chop shop

Description: Inspectional Services cites for code violations auto body repair garage suspected of taking parts from stolen, abandoned cars on Uphams Corner streets. Owner denies wrongdoing. Chop shop.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/18/1988

Upholding scientific research standards

Description: MIT professor Herman Eisen is dismayed that NIH has established research guidelines. He believes this policing impedes creativity of scientists. Mouse being dissected. MIT dome. View of BU from Charles.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/27/1991

Upton Bell

Description: Interview with Football League executive Upton Bell. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/13/1972

Urban Renewal

Description: Story #10079. Reel begins with reporter voice over, followed by an interview with Mr. Jacobs, the Executive director of San Francisco's Planning and Urban Renewal Association, about urban renewal in Boston and his view of the city. Silent b-roll of various buildings and signs around the city. Reporter standup, in which he explains that about 2000 housing and development experts from around the country are in Boston for a meeting to discuss urban renewal and the impact of the 1974 Housing and development act on the nation. Silent b-roll of people at the conference (footage is a bit dark and blue), and more silent footage of buildings around the city. Reporter closing voice over. The rest of the reel consists of outtakes. Outtakes include silent footage of the Urban renewal conference meeting, housing and various street shots around Boston. Sound footage includes the rest of the interview with Mr. Jacobs and unused takes of the reporter's voice overs and standups. High contrast, image a little dark in places. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/01/1974

Urban Renewal

Description: Urban Renewal Roxbury Enviromentals with snow.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/10/1982

Urban development, condo conversion, Latino voters, Victory Gardens

Description: Four stories from 1983. 1) Urban development in Boston is an issue in the mayoral race. Helicopter aerial of skyline from harbor. Tilt up Prudential and Hancock towers. Pan of Copley Place. Anthony Tappe of Boston Society of Architects comments on deterioration of Victorian Boston because of the scale of new development, making for a less desirable and livable city. Controversy over Mayor Kevin White's intense involvement in urban planning process is discussed by mayoral candidates at a BSA forum on the future of city planning. David Finnegan, Dennis Kearney, Lawrence DiCara, Robert Kiley, Ray Flynn, Mel King. Robert Ryan, BRA director. Marriott Long Wharf Hotel. 2) The dichotomy between preserving rent control/affordable housing and encouraging free market business development through condo conversions in Boston. Struggle of 87-year-old Hester Hurlbutt of 250 Commonwealth Avenue to stay in her apartment. Mel King comments on housing displacement. Ray Flynn favors ban on evictions. David Finnegan disagrees, worried about economic climate. Scenes of Back Bay, Copley Place, Boston Public Library. Sign for luxury condominium for sale. Mayoral candidates Dennis Kearney and Lawrence DiCara campaigning. 3) Latino voters will have an impact on Boston's mayoral race. Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Hernandez, Yohel Camayd-Freixas endorse Mel King. Jose Masso, Gov. Dukakis' Hispanic liaison, says Latinos will split ideologically according to their respective nationalities. 4) Joseph Nelson and Mabel "Matty" Matheson talk about the tradition of the Fenway Victory Gardens. Other plot tenders revel in the therapeutic value and beauty of gardening. Views of flower beds and vegetables.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 1983

Urban gardeners

Description: Elderly people tend urban garden in Highland Park. Asians cultivate South End community garden. Planting seeds, tilling soil.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/11/1990

Urban gardens

Description: INTERVIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT vs OPEN SPACE. URBAN GARDENS IN SOUTH END. TULIPS, FLOWERS.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/31/1985

Urban gardens and lead poison

Description: COMMUNITY GARDENS IN JAMAICA PLAIN. INTERVIEW WITH URBAN GARDENERS ON LEAD POISON IN EARTH
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/10/1985