0279001-028-037-002

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In Folder: Folder 37

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0279001-028-037-002

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Record Identifier: 0279001-028-037-002

Record Creation Date: 2021-07-06

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Title: Oral history interview with Albert Boer

Creator Name: Boston (Mass.). Office of the Mayor

Type of Resource: oral histories (literary works)

Date Created: circa 1975/1976

Language: english

Conditions Governing Reproduction: In copyright - Non-commercial use permitted

LCSH Subject Heading: South End (Boston, Mass.)

LCSH Subject Heading: Urban renewal

LCSH Subject Heading: Gentrification

LCSH Subject Heading: Housing rehabilitation

LCSH Subject Heading: Community organization

LCSH Subject Heading: Emigration and immigration

City: tgn:7013445

Neighborhood: tgn:4012577

Collection name and number: Boston 200 records (0279.001)

Box and folder location: Box 28, Folder 37

Metadata Object Description - Notes

Other descriptive data: Interview of Albert Boer. Boer moved to the United States from the Netherlands in 1956 to pursue graduate work in community organization at Atlanta University. Boer’s first job was at the Lincoln House in the Castle Square area of the South End, where he advocated for the neighborhood to be designated as a residential zone in order to avoid industrial development. Boer describes the process of urban renewal, redevelopment, and racial demographic change in the South End. Topics mentioned include the New York Streets area, Dover Street, Albany Street, Chinatown, the West End, Massachusetts Avenue, Columbus Avenue, the Prudential and John Hancock buildings, the Southeast Expressway, the Massachusetts Turnpike, the South End Historical Society, the Boston Center for the Arts, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, urban planner Ed Logue, and Mayor John F. Collins. Portions of the interview transcript are duplicated. Transcript includes editorial note by a third party at the beginning.

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