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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

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

VOTER REGISTRATION

Description: STUDENTS REGISTERING TO VOTE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, PARK STREET
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/08/1984

Various Boston sports clips

Description: Sports clips from 86/87/88 seasons. Celtics vs. Pistons and Bucks. Bruins vs. Sabres. Red Sox rally on City Hall plaza.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Veterans memorial, Dapper O'Neil

Description: Dapper O'Neil screams at Boston Art Commission for not approving veterans memorial.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/14/1986

Vietnamese fishermen

Description: Vietnamese fishermen inaugurate their refurbished boat "Miss Liberty," which was banned two years ago for not having the proper equipment. Interview with one of the Vietnamese refugee fishermen,who formed a cooperative and bought a fully equipped boat that would not be in conflict with the lobster industry in the Boston Harbor. Michael and Kitty Dukakis congratulate them and their families on the Fish Pier. Michael Dukakis addresses the audience. Edited story is followed by b-roll of the fishermen and their families on the pier. Michael and Kitty Dukakis arriving at the event and talking with the fishermen. Vietnamese American woman welcomes audience to ceremony and thanks government officials who helped the cooperative. More of Dukakis's address.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/28/1990

View from Fed roof

Description: Unique long, wide, and panoramic view of Logan runways against blue Boston Harbor and sky, as seen from top of Federal Reserve building. Planes taxi and take off. Next, looking across traffic on expressway toward North End buildings in distance. View of expressway framed between two high rises in financial district. Wide of Mystic River (Tobin) Bridge. Charlestown Navy Yard in foreground. Another wide landscape, almost abstract, of Logan runways. Follow plane into sky.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/23/1978

Viewers' opinions of Mapplethorpe

Description: Mapplethorpe exhibit at ICA opens to the public. Free speech demonstrators and police stand out front. Footage of some of the photographs in the exhibit. The opening of the exhibitions. Interviews with patrons waiting to go in on what they expect and why they came, and with patrons coming out, on what they thought of the exhibition.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1990

Vilna Shul

Description: Boston Landmarks Commission hears testimony about preserving Vilna Shul intact as historic site. Other congregations would like to acquire its religious artifacts. B+W visuals of shul (synagogue).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/28/1989

Violence prevention program

Description: Boston high school students act as role models in elementary school violence prevention program. Peer leaders.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/04/1991