The relationship of Harvard University medical school and affiliated institutions to the neighboring residential community: its problems and a solution

Description:

...prepared to inform interested parties as to a critical situation in the Mission Hill area of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, to define the problems and to make urban renewal proposals for their resolution; describes physical and social conditions of the area and gives a history of the problem caused by the acquisition of land by Harvard Medical School; discusses building maintenance, relocation and construction of new affordable housing, solutions to rent problems, community development, the needs of the area's institutions/medical facilities, land taking, etc.; appendices include a management proposal, correspondence with Henry Cutler, convent site area requirements, reports on school and health facilities and a report on a traffic plan; copies of this item were in the BRA collection...

subjects: Urban renewal,  Harvard Medical School,  Proposals,  Housing,  Health facilities,  Community development,  Mission Hill,  Traffic,  Economic conditions,  City planning,  Civil Rights,  Health Facility Planning,  Residence Characteristics,  Minority Groups

Places: Boston,  Massachusetts,  Roxbury (Boston),  Mission Hill (Boston, Mass.)