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Back Bay Center and Civic Renewal Seen for Boston
Plans for a 28 acre Back Bay Center over the Boston and Albany yards aim to revitalize Boston proper by creating landscaped malls and new development. Promoter Roger Stevens and Boston architects face tax hurdles, while other cities like Denver and Chicago pursue similar downtown redevelopments with public housing, new campuses, and mixed use districts.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Back Bay Center
Boston and Albany
Back Bay
Roger Stevens
Kansas City
Missouri
Quality Hills
Central Area
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lake Shore
Denver
Colorado
William Zeckendorf
I. M. Pei
George Fuller and Co
Mile
Most. J. Bohn
Garden Valley
F.hla
Chicago
Don Burnham
South Side
City Beautiful
Chicago Land Clearance Commission
Lake Meadows
New Yort Life Insurance Co
Areca
Douglas Park
University of Chicago
Chicago Parking Authority
Loop
Michigan Avenue
Carson-Pirie-Scott
Fort Dearborn
Chicago River
Rush Street
Merchandise Mart
Tribune Tower
Mart
Chicago Sun Times
Astor Street
Drake Hotel
Harry Weese
Division Street
Michael Reese
Harvard
Sacramento
California
Neuetra
Alexander
Jof
City Planning Commission
Madison
Madi Iform-Boern
Frank Lloyd Wright
Port Oer
Lake Monona
State Capitol
Wright
Ihoads
Ely
Nashville
Tennessee
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Columbus
Ohio
Brownsville
Texas
Bartlesville
H.C. Price Co
Appleton
Victor Pere Gruen
Elyria