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Ten O'Clock News; Bromley Heath public housing

09/15/1987

Meg Vaillancourt reports that the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) has undertaken extensive renovations and repairs on the Mission Extension Housing Project and the Bromley Heath Housing Project. Mayor Ray Flynn and City Councilor Bruce Bolling attend a groundbreaking for the construction projects. Five buildings in the Mission Hill Housing Project have lain empty for a year, and the tenants have be relocated. Interview with Doris Bunte of the BRA., who talks about the need to renovate the buildings. Bunte notes that there is a waiting list for public housing. Interview with public housing tenants Lance Ross, Anna Cole, Matilda Drayton, and Shirleen Steed about the conditions at the project and about the renovations. Following the edited story is additional b-roll footage of the housing projects.


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Series
Ten O'Clock News
Title

Bromley Heath public housing

Series Description

NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.

(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976

Duration

00:08:40

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Bolling, Bruce C., 1945-2012
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
Public housing
Flynn, Raymond L.
City planning
Locations
Mission Hill (Boston, Mass.)
Genres
News Report
Topics
News
Contributors
Vaillancourt, Meg (Reporter)
Citation
Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Bromley Heath public housing,” 09/15/1987, GBH Archives, accessed November 7, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_62C2E95DE3394BD2B4F2D00E90B62AC1.
MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Bromley Heath public housing.” 09/15/1987. GBH Archives. Web. November 7, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_62C2E95DE3394BD2B4F2D00E90B62AC1>.
APA: Ten O'Clock News; Bromley Heath public housing. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_62C2E95DE3394BD2B4F2D00E90B62AC1
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