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Boston Public Library

Description: Several takes of reporter standup on the Boston Public Library having to shut down the bookmobile. Exteriors of Boston Public Library older (McKim) building. Pan of the inscription “The Commonwealth requires the education of the people as the safeguard of order and liberty.” Move to the attached modern building entrance. Interiors of the Library. Sign reads “Effective Sunday, February 13, the Library will be closed on Sundays until further notice.” Patrons in line at circulation desk in lobby. Librarian stamps due dates on borrowing cards. Patrons at reading tables in research room.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1977

TOCN show tape

Description: 1) Boston TPF plainclothes patrolmen Dennis McKenna and Edward Holland involved in mistaken identity shooting death of James Bowden on Smith Street Roxbury while seeking suspect in Cambridge robbery. Phoenix reporter Dave O'Brien who was present gives his version. Police commissioner Joseph Jordan on internal investigation of incident. Attorney Lawrence O'Donnell says civilian review of police misconduct is necessary. 2) Brief on crackdown on gay solicitation in Boston Public Library bathroom. 3) Brief on Judge Walter Jay Skinner approving verdict that Wampanoags have no land claim in Mashpee. 4) Solman business report on closing of Kennedy's branch stores; cash value of US human life calculated at $280,000; J.P. Stevens boycott; price of diamonds. Anchor Lydon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/24/1978

Newbury, Boylston, Charles Streets

Description: Driving past Newbury Street storefronts and buildings. Emmanuel Church, Society of Arts and Crafts, Diutshfurs, Kakas Furs, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Cuoio, Priscilla Bridal, Josephs. Along Boylston Street - Sheraton Towers next to Pru, Lord & Taylor, Hotel Lenox, Boston Public Library, glass Hancock tower next to Trinity Church, Elkins, Louis, The Fatted Calf, Ken's, Malbens Gourmet, Casual Corner, Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Charles Street traffic, brick sidewalks, The Lyric Stage. Driving past brick rowhouses on Beacon Hill. Wrought iron balconies. Lower Commonwealth Avenue with grassy mall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/19/1978

Lydon compilation

Description: William Wadsworth on Atlantic magazine. BPL branches become victim of Proposition 2 1/2. Sen. David Locke, Richard Rowland, Thomas Winship on Reagan (“Reagan makes good comedy”). Pops conductor John Williams. John Updike on Red Sox strike (“I get more reading done”).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/17/1981

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

Back Bay environs

Description: Back Bay environs. Commonwealth Avenue facades and mall from van driving along. Turn onto Boylston Street: Lord & Taylor, Boston Public Library, Hancock tower. Trinity Church exterior architectural details including bas relief of Last Supper. Copley Square concrete park. Pedestrians in light clothes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1983

Copley plaza

Description: Empty concrete square of Copley plaza — city park without landscaping. Views toward Trinity Church, Boston Public Library, pan to John Hancock glass tower.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/21/1984

Lydon arts compilation

Description: 1985 arts compilation. Central Square through Jeff Dunn photographs. Anthony DiBonaventura plays Domenico Scarlatti. Poet Felicia Lamport. BPL director Arthur Curley. Composer Stephen Albert.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 1985

Arthur Curley, BPL director

Description: Profile of new Boston Public Library director Arthur Curley. Foresees future loan of videotapes, card catalog supplanted by computers. Fellow South Bostonians William Bulger, Ray Flynn. BPL courtyard with columned arcade. Exterior of McKim building; pan of incised legend on frieze.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/08/1985

ADULT ILLITERACY

Description: READING PROGRAM FOR FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE ADULTS. BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY (BPL) EXTERIOR. AUTOMATED TELLER BANK MACHINE (ATM).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/30/1986