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Built in Boston: Boston Documents by Neighborhood

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Many of Boston's official agencies issue reports which deal with the built environment of the city's neighborhoods.

Some are studies for specific projects, others are cyclical profiles which document change or propose new initiatives.

Location: In Rotch Library these reports are found by number in the "Current Urban Documents" drawer of the microfiche cabinet in the Urban Documents Room. Some are also received in hard copy and are listed in Barton catalog.

The Boston Plan:  1977, 0304.
Boston's New Exposition Center and Stadium: 1994, 1236.
Circumferential Ring: 1994, 1282.
Commuter Parking in Metro Boston: site studies: 1991, 1215.
Development in Boston, 1975-1989: 1986. Chronological commercial and institutional, 0887; Residential by neighborhood, 0888; Commercial and industrial by neighborhood, 0889; Development by ward, 0890; Development by economic sector, 0891.
Emerald Necklace status report: 1977, 0340.
Growth in the Nineties (strategic economic development): 1991, 1103.
Historic Burying Grounds Inventory: 1984-6. Phipps Street, 0825; Eustis Street and Central, 0828; King's Chapel and Granary, 0824, Copp's Hill, 0827; Dorchester North, 0826.
Metro Plan 2000: 1989, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1050, 1058, 1063; 1990, 1129.
Metro Plan 2000: Roundtable: 1989, 1045.
Open Space Plan for Boston: 1987, 0898, 0899; 1992, 1115; 1993, 1189.
Preserving and Improving Boston's Public Parks: 1989, 0992.
Rebuilding Boston: Five Year Capital Plan: 1992, 1137.
Sixty State Street: 1974, 0078.
Vertiport system planning: 1991-2, 1216, 1217.
Ways to Look at Boston: Maps of Neighborhood Planning Districts, Zip Code Areas, Electoral Districts, etc.: 1995, 1280.
Zoning Code: 1994, 1278.

Allston/Brighton Neighborhood Profiles: 1977, 0349; 1979, 0457; 1985, 0868; 1988, 0930.
Allston/Brighton Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1141; 1993, 1192.
Brighton Center land use profile: 1990, 1076.
Rebuilding Boston: Allston/Brighton: 1991, 1105.

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Back Bay/Beacon Hill Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0157; 1977, 0349; 1979, 0454; 1988, 0930.
Back Bay Statistical Profile: 1993, 1193.
Back Bay/Beacon Hill Statistical Profile: 1992, 1142.
Boylston Street zoning study: 1985, 0784.
Copley Place Environmental Impact Studies: 1978-80 (draft), 0534; 1980 (final), 0535.
Copley Place Impact Studies: 1978-1980, 0494, 0499, 0501, 0502, 0503, 0504, 0505.
Copley Square/Mass Pike site study: 1977, 0316.
Fenway/Kenmore Square Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0159; 1977, 0357; 1979, 0460; 1988, 0931.
Fenway/Kenmore Square Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1147; 1993, 1197.
Kenmore Square study: 1976, 0347.
Prudential Center Development Guidelines: 1988, 0926.
Prudential Center redevelopment: 1988, 0949.
Rebuilding Boston: Back Bay/Fenway/Kenmore Square: 1991, 1105.

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Charlestown Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0157; 1977, 0350; 1979, 0458; 1988, 0930.
Charlestown Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1145; 1993, 1195.
Harborpark: 1984, 0751.
Harborpark Plan: 1989-90, 1087, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1095, 1096.
Navy Yard buildings survey: 1978, 0402.
Navy Yard development: 1975-76, 0189, 0190.
Navy Yard Master Plan: 1990, 1097.
Navy Yard Plan Amendments: 1977, 0387.
Navy Yard proposal: 1976, 0280.
Navy Yard redevelopment: 1986, 0885.
Navy Yard Ropewalk Building: 1974, 0088.
Rebuilding Boston: Charlestown: 1991, 1105.
Charlestown Thumbnail Sketch: 1984, 0757; 1986, 0920.

Blue Hill Ave: The Boston Plan: 1977, 0304.
Columbia Point: Revitalization Plan: 1979, 0525.
Columbia Point: The Boston Plan: 1977, 0304.
Dorchester Ave. in Columbia/Savin Hill revitalization program: 1978, 0376.
Dorchester/Field's Corner Neighborhood Profiles: 1977, 0351; 1979, 0459.
Dorchester Lower Mills revitalization: 1979, 0469.
Dorchester Neighborhood Strategic Area: 1977(?), 0364.
Dorchester/Upham's Corner infrastructure and housing: 1979, 0459.
Dorchester/Upham's Corner Neighborhood Profile: 1977, 0351.
Franklin Field Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0159; 1979, 0461.
Franklin Field Neighborhood Strategic Area: 1977, 0352, 0365.
Mattapan Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0160; 1977, 0353; 1979, 0462; 1988, 0931.
Mattapan Square: 1973, 0098.
Mattapan Statistical Profile: 1992, 1150; 1993, 1200.
North Dorchester Neighborhood Profile: 1988, 0931. ,br> North Dorchester Statistical profile: 1992, 1151; 1993, 1201.
Rebuildinmg Boston: Mattapan and Dorchester: 1991, 1105.
South Dorchester Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0158; 1988, 0932.
South Dorchester Statistical Profile: 1991, 1155.
Triple Decker survey: 1977, 0359.
UMAS Boston EIS: 1975, 0111.
Upham's Corner Improvement Program: 1977, 0280.
Upham's Corner/Roxbury infrastructure and housing: 1984, 0758.

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Downtown

Adult Entertainment District: 1976, 0178.
Bedford/West urban renewal: 1974, 0188.
Boylston Building: 1981, 0620.
Central Boston Neighborhood Profile: 1988, 0930.
Central Boston Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1144; 1993, 1194.
Chinatown/Beach Street area study: 1973, 0097.
Chinatown Business Survey: 1988, 0969.
Chinatown Housing Survey: 1987, 0934.
Chinatown Land Use Report: 1988, 0936.
Chinatown Neighborhood Profiles: 1977, 0384; 1986, 0860; 1987, 0936.
Chinatown Neighborhood Strategic Area Study: 1977(?), 0364.
Chinatown/South Cove Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0163; 1977, 0350; 1979, 0458.
Creek Square: First Stage Guidelines: 1986, 0893.
Dock Square Garage: 1978, 0361.
Downtown and Fort Point Residential development: 1985, 0871.
Downtown Change and Growth: 1984, 0745.
Downtown Crossing: 1980, 0569; 1981, 0619.
Downtown Crossing impacts: 1980, 0514.
Downtown Crossing Plan: 1983, 0667.
Downtown Planning and Housing Strategy: 1985, 0928.
Downtown Projects: New Designs for Boston: 1986, 0848.
Downtown Zoning: Community Comments: 1991, 1179.
Fort Point and Downtown residential development: 1985, 0871.
Fort Point District Plan: 1989, 0983.
Fort Point Channel community development: 1985, 0860.
Fort Point Channel physical change: 1988, 0947.
Fort Point Channel planning and development study: 1977, 0341.
Lafayette Place: 1979, 0437.
Lafayette Place EIS: 1978, 0401.
Leather District revitalization Plan: 1980, 0550.
Lower Washington Street revitalization: 1978, 0377.
Midtown Cultural District: (Plan) 1988, 0945, 0946; (Study) 1987, 0966. Music Hall Renovation: 1975, 0132.
North Station district development: 1980, 0551.
North Station urban renewal: 1980, 0539; 1983, 0707.
Park Plaza urban renewal: 1975, 0180; 1976, 0175, 0252, 0253.
Rebuilding Boston: Beacon Hill, Chinatown, Downtown: 1991, 1105.
Redevelopment proposals for four municipal garages: 1983, 0665.
South Station redevelopment: 1981, 0750; 1990, 1125.
South Station urban renewal: 1975-6, 0198, 0199, 0200, 0209.
Theatre district revitalization: 1979, 0466.
Tremont Street special district: 1976, 0280.

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East Boston land use: 1989, 1074.
East Boston Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0158; 1977, 0357; 1979, 0460; 1988, 0930.
East Boston Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1146; 1993, 1196.
Logan Airport Land Use and Master Plans: 1979, 0523, 0537; 1981, 0599.
Logan Airport Study: 1986, 0882.
Rebuilding Boston: East Boston: 1991, 1105.

Hyde Park Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0160; 1977, 0352; 1979, 0461; 1986, 0868; 1988, 0931.
Hyde Park neighborhood stabilization: 1978, 0413.
Hyde Park Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1148; 1993, 1198.
Hyde Park Strategic Area study: 1977(?), 0365.
Hyde Park: The Boston Plan: 1977, 0304.
Rebuilding Boston: Hyde Park and Readville: 1991, 1105.

Chestnut/Lamartine Conservation Plan: 1977, 0433.
Hyde Square/Egleston Square/Jackson Square district profile: 1985, 0798, 0799.
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0160; 1977, 0353; 1979, 0462; 1986, 0838; 1988, 0931.
Jamaica Plain Statistical Profile: 1992, 1149; 1993, 1199.
Rebuilding Boston: Jamaica Plain: 1991, 1105.

Boston Waterfront Hotel EIS: 1975, 0170.
Central Artery/North End study: 1976, 0286.
Development and impacts on housing: 1984, 0741.
North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0161; 1977, 0354; 1979, 0463.
Rebuilding Boston: North End: 1991, 1105.

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Rebuilding Boston: Roslindale: 1991, 1105.
Roslindale Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0162; 1977, 0355; 1979, 0464; 1988, 0969.
Roslindale Square revitalization: 1979, 0477.
Roslindale Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1152; 1993, 1202.

Back of the Hill Townhouses: 1981, 0618.
Boys and Girls Club redevelopment: 1986, 0838.
Dudley Square development: 1985, 0871.
Growth Management Plan: 1987, 0905.
Hyde Square/Egleston Square/Jackson Square area profile: 1985, 0798, 0799.
Lower Roxbury/South End AIA UDATS recommendations: 1980, 0558.
Lower Roxbury/South End development policy plan: 1993, 1188.
Mission Hill/Medical Center district profiles: 1975, 0161; 1977, 0354; 1979, 0463.
Mission Hill Statistical Profile: 1992, 1161.
New Dudley Street: 1977, 0363.
New Directions: 1988, 0838.
New Horizons: 1986, 0860.
Parcel 18: Three Development Alternatives: 1986, 0933.
Rebuilding Boston: Roxbury: 1991, 1105.
Roxbury/Greater Dudley Revitalization Plan: 1990, 1068.
Roxbury/Sav-Mor Neighborhood Strategic Area: 1977(?), 0386.
Roxbury Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0162; 1977, 0355; 1979, 0464; 1985, 0867; 1987, 0886; 1988, 0932.
Roxbury Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1153; 1993; 1203.
Southwest Corridor Archaeological Survey: 1979, 0521.
Southwest Corridor Development Pan: 1979, 0522.
Southwest Corridor Development Potential: 1974, 0193.
Southwest Corridor Development Reports: 1972, 0100; 1974, 0107.
Southwest Corridor New Parkland: 1978, 0393.
Southwest Corridor Project: The Stone Jail Site: 1986, 0954. Pierpont Homestead: 1987, 0956. Elmwood Street Pumping Station: 1986, 0958. Phase II Archaeological Subsurface Testing Report: 1984, 0957. Guild and White Co. Tannery Site: 1987, 0953. Metropolitan RR Co. complex, Roxbury Crossing: 1986, 0955.

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Fort Independence: 1975, 0395.
Public Capital Improvements (& West Roxbury): 1990, 1076.
Rebuilding Boston: South Boston: 1991, 1105.
Seaport Access System: 1980, 0557.
South Boston Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0163; 1977, 0355; 1979, 0464; 1987, 0886; 1988, 0932.
South Boston Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1154; 1993, 1204.

Boston City Hospital Master Plan: 1988, 0929.
Cathedral (housing) redevelopment: 1982, 0635.
Demographics and housing: 1985, 0837.
Metropolitan Theatre: 1975, 0124.
Project area housing report: 1974, 0110.
Rebuilding Boston: South End: 1991, 1105.
South End/Lower Roxbury AIA UDATS recommendations: 1980, 0558.
South End/Lower Roxbury Development Policy Plan: 1993, 1188.
South End Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0164; 1977, 0356; 1979, 0465; 1986, 0837; 1988, 0932.
South End Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1156; 1993, 1205.
Subsidized housing: 1978, 0399.
Symphony Plaza East (elderly housing): 1973, 0109.
Tent City Report: 1978, 0389.
Tremont Street/Columbus Ave, reconstruction: 1975, 0172.
Urban renewal project: 1979, 0450.

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Boston Harbor Challenges: 1979(?), 0475.
Boston Harbor Future: 1978, 0475.
Boston Harbor Pier Study: 1987, 0894.
Boston Harbor: The Boston Plan: 1977, 0304.
Boston Harbor Visions [charette]: 1995, 1276.
Boston Waterfront Hotel EIS: 1975, 0170.
Deer Island Facilities Plan: 1984, 0765.
Harbor Islands Plan: 1972, 0176.
Harbor Islands State Park: 1976, 0211.
Harborpark (Charlestown): 1984, 0751.
Harborpark Plan (Charlestown): 1989-90, 1087, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1095, 1096.
North End/Waterfront district profile: 1979, 0463.
North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0161; 1977, 0354.
Peddocks Island RFP: 1980, 0520.
Port of Boston: 198?, 0952.
Prototype docking standards: 1988, 1094.
Seaport Access (South Boston): 1980, 0557.
Waterfront Past and Future: 1986, 0880.

Future: 1976, 0358.
Public Capital Improvements: 1990, 1076.
Rebuilding Boston: West Roxbury: 1991, 1105.
West Roxbury Neighborhood Profiles: 1975, 0164; 1977, 0356; 1979, 0465; 1988, 0932.
West Roxbury Statistical Profiles: 1992, 1157; 1993, 1206.

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