East Boston Technical School

Description: Modern exterior of East Boston Technical School. Shop room, red lockers, wall cases for fire hose and extinguishers, new lab benches, cabinets, sinks. Headmaster tells how building was originally designed, furnished and equipped to be new Barnes Middle School, but revised court order for next phase of desegregation mandated a technical and vocational curriculum for grades 7-12. School will specialize in computers, environment, electronics, medical and aviation training, in partnership with MIT and Massport.

Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Date Created: 08/24/1976

East Boston environs

Description: East Boston Central Square. Revving sound of bus engine. Central Grille, Broadway Stationers, East Boston Social Centers. Facade of old Barnes School with Aeolian columns. Driving along and panning residential streets.

Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Date Created: 08/18/1976

East Boston environs

Description: TRAFFIC, STREET SCENES, STOREFRONTS, PEOPLE in East Boston. Woolworth's

Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Date Created: 02/12/1985

East Boston environs

Description: EXTERIORS OF HOUSES AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN EAST BOSTON

Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Date Created: 02/12/1985

East Boston gets cable

Description: East Boston is the first neighborhood to become cable ready. Cablevision's basic monthly fee is $2, but half of subscribers add extra pay channels. Jackhammers and street construction to wire the neighborhood. Mayor Kevin White approves.

Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Date Created: 06/24/1983

East Boston resident vs. Massport

Description: Federal Aviation Administration. East Boston residents sing a song protesting incursion of airport into their neighborhood (Neptune Rd. East Boston). David Davis, Tom O'Neill, Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Fred Salvucci all seen. Interview with a woman about plane noise and eminent domain. She feels that the people in the neighborhood are being uprooted. Interview with a man on noise abatement and eminent domain for Logan expansion. Residents would like to prevent the destruction of their neighborhood. Interview with other longtime residents complaining about Massport.

Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Date Created: 02/22/1977

East Bridgewater incinerator

Description: East Bridgewater residents lobby at State House against proposed incinerator. They also visit John DeVillars. File of incinerator flames and ash residue. Garbage collection. Trash mound with crane claw.

Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Date Created: 05/10/1990