Columbia Point Housing Project

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housing development public housing project

Columbia Point Housing Project was a large mid-20th-century public housing development in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood that later underwent major redevelopment and privatization into what is now Harbor Point Apartments.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Columbia Point public housing	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	housing development ⓘ public housing project ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Columbia Point NERFINISHED ⓘ
buildingType	low-rise apartment blocks ⓘ
city	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
conditionIn1970s	severely deteriorated ⓘ
constructionStart	early 1950s ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentSiteUse	residential apartments (Harbor Point Apartments) NERFINISHED ⓘ
demolition	most original buildings demolished or extensively renovated ⓘ
developer	Boston Housing Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	mid-20th century ⓘ
governingBody	Boston Housing Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early model for HOPE VI-style mixed-income redevelopment ⓘ example of mid-20th-century American public housing policy ⓘ
housingProgram	federally subsidized public housing ⓘ
issues	building disrepair ⓘ crime ⓘ poverty ⓘ vacancy ⓘ
locatedOn	Columbia Point peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
managementAfterRedevelopment	private management company (Harbor Point Apartments management) ⓘ
near	John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Massachusetts Boston campus NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighborhood	Dorchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	one of the first major public housing redevelopments into mixed-income housing in the United States ⓘ
numberOfBuildings	approximately 27 ⓘ
numberOfUnits	approximately 1,500 ⓘ
occupancyRate	very low by late 1970s ⓘ
openingDate	1954 ⓘ
ownedBy	Boston Housing Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	public housing system of Boston ⓘ
primaryResidents	low-income families ⓘ predominantly African American residents (later decades) ⓘ
redevelopedBy	private developers in partnership with Boston Housing Authority ⓘ
redevelopment	Harbor Point Apartments NERFINISHED ⓘ
redevelopmentCompletion	late 1980s ⓘ
redevelopmentOutcome	conversion to privately managed mixed-income complex ⓘ
redevelopmentStart	early 1980s ⓘ
redevelopmentType	mixed-income redevelopment ⓘ public-private partnership ⓘ
servedPopulation	low-income Boston residents ⓘ
successor	Harbor Point Apartments NERFINISHED ⓘ
tenure	public housing ⓘ

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

Harbor Point Apartments → formerlyKnownAs → Columbia Point Housing Project ⓘ

Harbor Point Apartments → redevelopedFrom → Columbia Point Housing Project ⓘ

this entity surface form: Columbia Point public housing