Government Center urban renewal project

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The Government Center urban renewal project was a major mid-20th-century redevelopment initiative in downtown Boston that replaced a historic but deteriorated neighborhood with modernist civic buildings and open plazas.

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instanceOf redevelopment project ⓘ
urban renewal project ⓘ
architecturalStyle Brutalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
associatedWith Boston City Hall Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Government Center neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy large open plazas ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ
superblock site planning ⓘ
city Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizedFor harsh modernist design ⓘ
loss of historic urban fabric ⓘ
windswept open plaza spaces ⓘ
developer Boston Redevelopment Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy federal urban renewal funding programs ⓘ
impact became a prominent example of American urban renewal ⓘ
reshaped Boston’s municipal government precinct ⓘ
includesBuilding Boston City Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
City Hall Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Government Center MBTA station vicinity redevelopment ⓘ
Government Service Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
John F. Kennedy Federal Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy postwar urban renewal policies in the United States ⓘ
locatedInArea downtown Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
majorPhaseDecade 1960s ⓘ
notableFor creation of a centralized civic complex ⓘ
transformation of Scollay Square into Government Center ⓘ
partOf postwar redevelopment of downtown Boston ⓘ
planningAuthority Boston Redevelopment Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
City of Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose construction of modern civic center ⓘ
slum clearance ⓘ
urban renewal ⓘ
replaced Scollay Square neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ
historic commercial district ⓘ
resultedIn creation of Government Center district ⓘ
demolition of historic buildings ⓘ
displacement of residents and businesses ⓘ
startDecade 1950s ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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Boston urban renewal era developments → hasPart → Government Center urban renewal project ⓘ
Lindemann Mental Health Center → isInDistrict → Government Center urban renewal project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Government Center urban renewal area
Boston City Hall Plaza fountain (former/altered) → partOf → Government Center urban renewal project ⓘ
subject surface form: Boston City Hall Plaza fountain
this entity surface form: Government Center urban renewal era landscape