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Allan Rohan Crite

Description: Interview with South End based artist Allan Rohan Crite. He tells a story about selling paintings in the 1940s, tracking them down, and recently finding them. He talks about his paintings, inspired by different parts of African American lives, including religion. He also talks about the poetry and essays he's been working on recently. They focus on his version of the African American experience. They shoot cutaways with no sound.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/04/1982

High shots of Boston

Description: High, wide, long shots of Boston environs from observation deck of Hancock Tower. Nearly aerial views of South End, Charles River, Boston Harbor, State House, and orange line T moving along elevated tracks.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/10/1976

Housing Conditions

Description: [Secretary] Weaver inspects Boston apartment reconstruction :50 '67 -8 good conditions at Charlame Park '67-8 1:30 Capbridge apt bldgs sched for razing sil :45 south end 1/70 60' (apts in bad repair - allston '67-8 175' sil cuts) Cape + Sturbridge :45 Quincy 2:00 Concord 2:00 Roxbury 350 (also [unreadable])
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1967 1968 1970

North End and South End

Description: Whittier Place sign and high-rise buildings of Charles River Park. Brick buildings in North End. Laundry hangs from clothesline out window. Drago's Italian Bakery storefront and pizza sign. Prince building near waterfront. Environs near Commercial Street. Lobsters sign. All-day parking $2.25. Victorian houses on Ashmont Hill. Complex roof with eyebrow window, turret, balustrade on widow's walk. Mansards. Decrepit facades in Codman Square. Liquor store on Washington Street. “We Can” Neighborhood Improvement Association. Blackstone Park in South End. Housing project. Elevated orange line structure (no trains) runs down middle of street. Attached brick townhouses on Union Park. Rehabilitation in progress; building permit displayed in window. Ornate dormer, white iron balcony. St. Germain street sign. Gentrification, condominium development.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/14/1979

PEDESTRIANS

Description: PROFESSIONALS ON STREETS, MIDDAY, VERY MILD DECEMBER DAY. PEDESTRIANS. HIGH VIEW OF SOUTH END FROM 11TH FLOOR OF COLONNADE HOTEL.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/24/1984

School crisis (Boston)

Description: kids sentiment at school re: segregation 125 ft, negro man's statement- school committee meeting 50 ft Gibson School 500 ft cops and people at BRA site, south end SDS on common 1st 900 ft NBC reel [card reads fall '68]
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/1968...11/1968

Southwest corridor project

Description: Three interviews on southwest corridor mass transit and development project. Areas affected include the South End, Roxbury Crossing, and Jamaica Plain. Construction will create numerous jobs and have an affirmative action goal with a 30% minority set-aside. $391 million (80% federal funds) will be for orange line and railroad relocation; plus an arterial street, community college, housing, and industrial park will make for at least a half billion dollar project. Residents are concerned about impact of noise and disruption in the adjacent neighborhoods, equitable employment opportunities, and environmental issues. Community groups want to be sure the new road and transit routes do not split the surrounding areas along socioeconomic lines.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/15/1976

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