A Decent Place to Live: From Columbia Point to Harbor Point: A Community History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780998954400)

"A Decent Place to Live" chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of Columbia Point-a Boston housing project built in in the early 1950s for working-class families. By the mid-1970s, the model community had disintegrated and become a symbol of failure, danger, and decay. Redeveloped as Harbor Point, the complex was reborn in 1988 as a successful mixed-income, racially diverse community. Told through the voices of those who struggled to make a life there, and battled to rebuild their community, "A Decent Place to Live" offers important lessons for urban planners and policymakers nationwide.

Author: Jane Roessner
ISBN-10: 0998954403
ISBN-13: 9780998954400
Publisher: Calf Pasture Press
Language: English
Published: 09/14/2017
Pages: 334
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.70d