Christmas Cards Show Public Housing Reactions in Nashua
Neighbors on Burke Street and Ledge Street respond to Maynard Homes and the adjacent project. Residents praise supervision but worry about amenities, construction, and layout while noting overall stability, property turnover, and similar police call rates to other developments.
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Burke Street
Maynard
John Collins
NHA
Simon Linois
T. L. Jean
Jean
Maynard Homes
Ledge Street
Rita Toussiant
Nashua Housing Authority
Roland Lebel
Nashua
Collins
Callin
David Stevens
Ledge
Burke Streets
New England
Public Housing 1949 1969 20 Years in Limbo
Pittsfield history shows fluctuating public housing from 225 units in the mid 20th century to the removal of 99 temporary defense houses. By 1969 redevelopment plans, scattered units and new proposals dominated, with Victory Hill, Wilson Park, Rose Manor and elderly housing projects shaping a long, contested path toward more low rent units. Public pressure and political battles colored progress through the 1960s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Victory Hill
Wilson Park
Pittsfield Housing Authority
PHA
Arthur C. McGill
Francis Plaza
Walkonah Heights
Harold Stein
Rose Manor
Elberon Avenue
Superior Court
Antipo
Remo del Gallo
Archer J. Scaratoni
del Gallo
Polo Club Acres
Joseph D. Kerr
Springside Park
Miller
Victory Hil
Silvia 0. Conte
Berkshire Life Insurance:Co
Jubilee
Wasserman Development Corp
Dalton Division Road
Starf
NAACP
Osceola Street
Melbourne Road
Osceola
Eisenhower to Choose Navy for Military Service
David Eisenhower, son in law of President Nixon, will decide by week’s end which service to enter. He favors the Navy’s program, notes his father and grandfather recommended it, and says the choice won’t be a career. He spoke after attending Hope Congregational Church events with Amherst College’s Zombies. He commented on Nixon visit protests, urging mutual respect to sustain the political process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
David Eisenhower
Nixon
Eisenhower
Amherst College
Newsmen
Navy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hope Congregational Church
Hisollege
the Zombies
Northampton
Julie
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Paget
Washington
Oussiant
Paul Tracey
Eagle Building Page
Edward J. Farrell
Michael A. Shalhouk
By Grier Horner
SMU
Boston
Southeastern Massachusetts University
U.S. District Court
Judith Adler
Cambridge
Joseph J. Driscoll
Millbrook Kitchens
St A.m
Millbrook
Rte
Albany
Nassau
Lawrence Duby
Mon
Sat
Sun
Rtel
ACK
David
Cash & Carry
Begonia
Playard
Pittsfield-Lenox Road
Taylor
Knotty Pine
Eagle
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