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Copley Square air rights lease : citizen review of a 250 million dollar deal : who gets what /

In 1977, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority entered into an agreement with the Great Bay Company and Urban Investment and Development Company to study whether a hotel, shopping, and office complex was feasible at the Authority's Copley Square site in Boston. Examines how local residents help...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory of Architecture and Planning
Other Authors: Piper, Tom (Thomas)
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: [Boston, Mass.] : [publisher not identified], 1979.
Subjects:
City planning > Massachusetts > Boston > Citizen participation.
Real estate development > Massachusetts > Boston > Planning > Citizen participation.
Commercial leases > Massachusetts > Boston.
Communication in city planning > Massachusetts > Boston.
Real estate development > Social aspects > Massachusetts > Boston.
Copley Square (Boston, Mass.)
Plazas > Massachusetts > Boston > Planning.
Documentary films.
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Summary:In 1977, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority entered into an agreement with the Great Bay Company and Urban Investment and Development Company to study whether a hotel, shopping, and office complex was feasible at the Authority's Copley Square site in Boston. Examines how local residents helped influence the contract by proposing 250 low and moderate income housing units to be built in the Tent City site to offset any negative impact of the project on the community. Features commentary from both community members and developers on the project and process of community involvement.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (17 min., 32 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.