Application for Temporary Loan, Early Land Acquisition, Project No. Mass. R-24: Washington Park Urban Renewal AreaApplication for Temporary Loan, Early Land Acquisition, Project No. Mass. R-24: Washington Park Urban Renewal Area

...a loan application submitted to the US Urban Renewal Administration so that early land acquisition can be undertaken in the Washington Park urban renewal area of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood; includes written boundary description of the area, data on building use and condition, area measurement figures in acres, number of buildings to be demolished, environmental deficiencies (overcrowding, unsafe/poorly designed streets, health concerns and other social and economic problems), data on parcels to be acquired, a relocation program for displaced persons and businesses with data on numbers to be relocated, rents, etc., estimated costs, a project budget with staffing and salary data, resolutions of the BRA and the City Council, opinions of counsel, notice of public hearing and various other legal documents; three large folded maps accompany this item which was in the BRa collection; they have the following titles: 1) Proposed Treatment Sections (clearance or conservation), 2) Building Deficiencies, and 3) Existing Land Use; a varient edition is also kept on this number...