Where:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
Admission:
$10
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
http://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2417
In 1948, inspired by changes to federal law, Massachusetts officials started to plan highways circling and cutting through the heart of Boston. But when officials began to hold hearings in 1960 the people pushed back. The story of how an unlikely multiracial coalition of urban and suburban residents, planners, and activists emerged to stop a highway is one full of suspenseful twists and surprises. And yet the victory and its aftermath are undeniable: federally funded mass transit expansion, a linear central city park, and a highway-less urban corridor that serves as a daily reminder of the power of citizen-led city-making and has had lasting national implications. Karilyn Crockett, Director of Economic Policy and Research for the Mayor's Office, will explore this grassroots movement which is the subject of her new book.
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