Boston urban renewal era developments

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Boston urban renewal era developments were mid-20th-century large-scale redevelopment projects that dramatically reshaped the city’s neighborhoods, infrastructure, and skyline through extensive demolition and modernist construction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf redevelopment initiative ⓘ
urban renewal program ⓘ
aimedTo attract corporate investment ⓘ
increase tax base ⓘ
modernize city infrastructure ⓘ
revitalize downtown Boston ⓘ
architecturalStyle Modernism ⓘ
characterizedBy auto-oriented street design ⓘ
clearance of so-called slums ⓘ
construction of modernist civic buildings ⓘ
creation of wide plazas and open spaces ⓘ
displacement of residents ⓘ
large-scale demolition ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor insensitive treatment of existing neighborhoods ⓘ
insufficient affordable housing replacement ⓘ
overemphasis on automobile infrastructure ⓘ
demolished Scollay Square entertainment district ⓘ
West End residential neighborhood ⓘ
endTime 1970s ⓘ
hasPart Castle Square redevelopment ⓘ
Columbia Point public housing redevelopment groundwork ⓘ
Faneuil Hall–Quincy Market area modernization groundwork ⓘ
linked to: Faneuil Hall

Government Center urban renewal project ⓘ
Massachusetts Turnpike extension into Boston ⓘ
New York Streets clearance in the South End ⓘ
Prudential Center development ⓘ
Scollay Square clearance ⓘ
South Cove urban renewal project ⓘ
West End clearance project ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War II urban decline concerns ⓘ
influencedBy Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Housing Act of 1949

federal urban renewal policy ⓘ
interstate highway construction ⓘ
ledTo greater community participation requirements in planning ⓘ
rise of neighborhood preservation movements in Boston ⓘ
location Boston ⓘ
mainImplementingAgency Boston Redevelopment Authority ⓘ
resultedIn Boston City Hall and City Hall Plaza ⓘ
linked to: Boston City Hall

Government Center ⓘ
Prudential Center complex ⓘ
linked to: Prudential Center

Prudential Tower ⓘ
large parking garages ⓘ
modern office towers in the Financial District ⓘ
new highway interchanges and ramps ⓘ
superblock housing developments ⓘ
significantPeriod 1960s ⓘ
socialImpact displacement of immigrant communities ⓘ
displacement of predominantly working-class communities ⓘ
intensified community activism ⓘ
loss of historic urban fabric ⓘ
startTime 1950s ⓘ

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Charles River Park residential complex → partOf → Boston urban renewal era developments ⓘ
Scollay Square → associatedWith → Boston urban renewal ⓘ
subject linked to: Scollay Square (historic site)
linked to: Boston urban renewal era developments
West End residential neighborhood → demolishedBy → Boston urban renewal program ⓘ
linked to: Boston urban renewal era developments