Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1987-10-12
Duration: 00:03:36

Subject: City planning
People: Bolling, Bruce; Coyle, Stephen; Dukakis, Michael; Flynn, Raymond; Vaillancourt, Meg;
Geography: Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)|

Clip Description
Meg Vaillancourt reports that the city of Boston is experimenting with a parcel-to-parcel linkage program to promote development in both the downtown area and in the outlying neighborhoods of the city. Vaillancourt reports that a new development project has linked a development in Chinatown to the development of Parcel 18 near the Ruggles MBTA station in Roxbury. Vaillancourt notes that the developers had to agree to develop both parcels of land. Vaillancourt reviews the details of the proposed development in each neighborhood. Vaillancourt interviews Stephen Coyle (Boston Redevelopment Authority) about the linkage project. Coyle says that the city is linking desirable downtown sites to sites in other neighborhoods in an attempt to bring jobs and services to the neighborhoods. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston), Michael Dukakis (Governor of Massachusetts), and Bruce Bolling (Boston City Council) at a press conference in Roxbury. The three men talk about the benefits of the linkage project. Vaillancourt reports that the Columbia Plaza Associates are a group of minority developers who will most likely develop the sites in Chinatown and Roxbury. Vaillancourt reviews the city's criteria for the development project. Vaillancourt reports that the project may bring more jobs and better housing to the Roxbury neighoborhood. Vaillancourt's report is accompanied by footage of Chinatown and the area near the Ruggles MBTA station in Roxbury. Vaillancourt's report also includes footage of construction workers at a construction site. This tape includes additional footage of the area near the Ruggles MBTA station.

This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item:
Jesse Jackson campaigns for president in New Hampshire
Jesse Jackson in New Hampshire

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.

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