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Ten O'Clock News (1988-04-29)
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Tent City affordable housing development reaches fruition. Visuals of protests 20 years ago. Mel King. Copley Place. High shot of South End buildings. Michael Kane, Betty Meredith. reporter: KellyHope Kelly reports that the Tent City Housing Complex in the South End will soon open. She notes that the housing complex is named for the protests that began on the site twenty years before. Kelly reviews the history of the Tent City site. Kelly's report includes photos of the protests at the Tent City site in the 1960s. Kelly interviews Betty Meredith (Executive Director, Tent City Corporation) and Michael Kane (Chairman, Tent City Corporation) outside of the housing complex. Kane and Meredith talk about the struggle by South End residents to get the housing complex built. Kane says that affordable housing was not a priority in this part of the city until now. Kelly interviews Mel King (community activist) about the Tent City site. Kelly reports that Copley Place was developed while the Tent City site was ignored. Kelly's report includes a time-lapse arrangement of shots documenting the construction of Copley Place. Kelly reports that 75% of the units in the housing complex are low- and…
Directors & creators
WGBH
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Tent City, South End, Boston, housing policy, urban renewal, gentrification, affordable housing, Kelly Hope, Mel King, Michael Kane, Betty Meredith, William Fitzgerald, Sophie Iglesias, Florcie Versailles, Copley Place, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Raymond Flynn
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