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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1987-09-15
Duration: 00:03:23
Subject: Buildings - Repair and reconstruction
People: Bolling, Bruce; Bunte, Doris; Cole, Anna; Drayton, Matilda; Flynn, Raymond; Ross, Lance; Steed, Shirleen; Vaillancourt, Meg;
Geography: Jamaica Plain (Boston, Mass.)|Mission Hill (Boston, Mass.)|
Clip Description
Meg Vaillancourt reports that the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) has undertaken extensive renovations and repairs on the Mission Hill Housing Project and the Bromley Heath Housing Project. Vaillancourt notes that tenants have been relocated while construction is underway. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston) and Bruce Bolling (Boston City Council) at a groundbreaking for the construction projects. Vaillancourt reports that plumbing, lighting, and security problems contributed to the poor conditions at the projects. She adds that five buildings in the Mission Hill Housing Project have lain empty for a year. Vaillancourt's report includes footage from an interview with Doris Bunte (BRA). Bunte talks about the need to renovate the buildings. Bunte notes that there is a waiting list for public housing. Vaillancourt interviews public housing tenants Lance Ross, Anna Cole, Matilda Drayton, and Shirleen Steed about the conditions at the project and about the renovations. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of the housing projects.This tape includes additional footage of the housing projects.
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
