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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

Grove Hall environs

Description: Grove Hall Dorchester environs. Blue Hill Avenue storefronts. Regal Foods, liquor store, photography studio, Grove Hall Savings Bank. Interview with Emanuel Horne, director of business development office of the Boston Plan, focusing on commercial revitalization of Dudley Station and Grove Hall. Talks about long-term aftermath of 1967 riots: area continues to suffer from lack of investment and entrepreneurial expertise. Cites need for bakeries and supermarket. He is hopeful for housing renewal to accommodate immigrants. Looks for ethnic diversification in consumer habits.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/27/1980

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

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