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Say Brother; Changing Face of Chinatown, The; Jim Yee comments on commercial development of Park Plaza and Lafayette Place
Part of Say Brother.
12/01/1978
In this clip Say Brother researcher Eileen Yang speaks with Jim Yee of Quincy Community Council about his perspective on the pending redevelopment around Boston's Chinatown neighborhood. Yee believes the development will have a significant negative impact on the community, as well as creating dangerous traffic congestion in the area. Overall the program focuses on recent physical developments occurring within and around Boston's Chinatown neighborhood, namely the construction of the Tufts-New England Medical Center, Lafayette Place, and Park Plaza. Say Brother researcher Eileen Yang speaks with Jane Leung (of the Boston Chinese YES), Peter Chan (manager, Little City Hall), May Ling Tong (of the Chinese Economic Development Council), Alice Boelter (of the Boston Redevelopment Authority), Jim Yee (of Quincy Community Council), and Thomas Murnane (Vice-President, Tufts University) about their perspectives on the pending construction, how it will affect the growth of Chinatown, and whether or not it will negatively impact the community. All interviews shot on location. Considered a one-hour documentary special. Produced by Eileen Yang. Directed by George Rivera.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Changing Face of Chinatown, The
- Program Number
907
- Title
Jim Yee comments on commercial development of Park Plaza and Lafayette Place
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program focuses on recent physical developments occurring within and around Boston's Chinatown neighborhood, namely the construction of the Tufts-New England Medical Center, Lafayette Place, and Park Plaza. Say Brother researcher Eileen Yang speaks with Jane Leung (of the Boston Chinese YES), Peter Chan (manager, Little City Hall), May Ling Tong (of the Chinese Economic Development Council), Alice Boelter (of the Boston Redevelopment Authority), Jim Yee (of Quincy Community Council), and Thomas Murnane (Vice-President, Tufts University) about their perspectives on the pending construction, how it will affect the growth of Chinatown, and whether or not it will negatively impact the community. All interviews shot on location. Considered a one-hour documentary special.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Civil rights
- Chinese Economic Development Council (Boston, Mass.)
- Boelter, Alice
- Chan, Peter
- Boston Redevelopment Authority
- Leung, Jane
- Quincy Community Council
- Golden Age Center
- Urban renewal
- Murnane, Thomas
- Park Plaza (Boston, Mass.)
- Tufts University
- Lafayette Place (Boston, Mass.)
- Tong, May Ling
- Yee, Jim
- Boston Chinese YES
- Moy, Ruth
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Yang, Eileen (Producer)
- Rivera, George (Director)
- Contributors
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- Carey, Nancy (Intern)
- MacKnight, John (Videotape Recordist)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
- Hugentugler, Carol (Videotape Recordist)
- Wilson, Bob (Camera)
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- MacDonald, Greg (Camera)
- Coleman, Vern (Audio)
- Yang, Eileen (Host)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant Director)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Changing Face of Chinatown, The; Jim Yee comments on commercial development of Park Plaza and Lafayette Place,” 12/01/1978, GBH Archives, accessed November 15, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D08A409951E04D8A9BB884B3B34B7834.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Changing Face of Chinatown, The; Jim Yee comments on commercial development of Park Plaza and Lafayette Place.” 12/01/1978. GBH Archives. Web. November 15, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D08A409951E04D8A9BB884B3B34B7834>.
- APA: Say Brother; Changing Face of Chinatown, The; Jim Yee comments on commercial development of Park Plaza and Lafayette Place. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D08A409951E04D8A9BB884B3B34B7834