Description: Rosalind Gorin and Paul Tsongas withdraw proposal for new arena, leaving Delaware North as the likely developer. Wrestling match in Boston Garden. Bobby Orr in Bruins game (1970).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/14/1988
Description: Ray Flynn wants Boston State Hospital site to be used for light industry and affordable housing. Dukakis also supports this, but bill is held up in House Ways & Means. Pat McGovern, Angelo Scaccia.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/24/1987
Description: Neighborhood activists demonstrate inside Boston Public Facilities Department for affordable housing to be a priority when development proposals are considered for Bowditch School, district 13 police station, and Jamaica Plain High School sites. Ray Flynn cuts ribbon at new condos in Hyde Square.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/13/1984
Description: Durgin Park restaurant next to Faneuil Hall. People wait in line for seats. Steam table. Plate of corn bread. Waitresses in white uniforms. Families crowded at tables with red and white checkered cloths. Fish plates with corn. Big roast beef meal. Boston baked beans sign. More signs for fresh strawberries, swordfish, oysters. “Specialty of the house - prime rib $9.” “Lobster platter $7.50.” Menu with prices. Interview with notorious waitress Dotti “the witch.” Pressed tin ceiling. Flapping banner outside. View from window onto Quincy Market. Interview with owner about differences with BRA and developer James Rouse over desire to keep Durgin Park as a pristine Boston institution amidst neighboring commercial revitalization.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/21/1978
Description: Former Boston Redevelopment Authority director Ed Logue tours and comments on development downtown and in Charlestown and Cambridge. He talks about housing prices, the vitality of different neighborhoods, and urban design. He decries prominent glass towers as insensitive to surrounding historical buildings. International Place, Exchange Place, Rowes Wharf, waterfront, Athenaeum. Audio goes out at the very end.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/26/1986
Description: LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON ADVISABILITY OF FAN PIER DEVELOPMENT
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/24/1987
Description: State accepts environmental impact statement for Fan Pier development. Environmental Secretary James Hoyte. Pier 4 restaurant in winter.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/09/1987
Description: Impact of and objections to proposed Fan Pier development on waterfront. Anthony Athanas.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/29/1987
Description: Architectural model of proposed redevelopment of North Station area. High wide shot of Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market buildings. Bostix kiosk.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/25/1980
Description: Boston mayoral candidate David Finnegan speaks outside Faneuil Hall in opposition to low property taxes paid by developer of Quincy Market pursuant to deal made with city. He compares the tax rates paid by Faneuil Hall and Milton Street in Dorchester.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/23/1979