Government Center urban renewal project

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redevelopment project urban renewal project

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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Label	Occurrences
Boston Government Center urban renewal area	1
Government Center urban renewal era landscape	1
Government Center urban renewal project canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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