Description: Interview with June Howe of Back of the Hill Community Development Association (BOTHCDA) about Mission Hill neighborhood development and revitalization. Calls it “the country in the city.” Memorandum of Agreement to buy vacant land from Lahey Clinic to build owner occupied mixed income family housing, elderly and handicapped housing, and/or subsidized rental housing. Environs of undeveloped parcel of interest. Ellingwood Street site. New England Baptist Hospital on Parker Hill Avenue in background. Tilt down to abandoned lot with construction materials left behind. Brief view of Harvard Medical Area Power Plant.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/06/1979
Description: Mayor Kevin White holds press conference in Boston Garden lobby to announce Moshe Safdie's plan to redevelop North Station area. Credits BRA director Robert Ryan, standing by, for inspiration. Safdie explains plan, pointing to massive architectural model. It involves creating an island in the Charles River, moving the elevated green line trolley, and either a new arena for Celtics and Bruins or a major renovation of the Garden.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/24/1979