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Walking Tour: "Remnants of Urban Renewal"

The term ‘urban renewal’ has become synonymous with Boston’s West
End. In the late 1950′s and early 1960′s, more than 50-acres of tenement
housing was demolished under the process of ‘slum clearance’ to make
way for luxury high-rise buildings; over 10,000 low to middle income
residents were relocated.

Some key architectural buildings were left intact, as was the north
slope of Beacon Hill which for hundreds of years was known as West
Boston and later the West End.


This tour will focus on some notable remaining buildings north of
Cambridge Street and their significance to the people of the West End
over the last 200 – years. Support materials will be handed out.The tour
will begin at the West End Museum and end at the Otis House on
Cambridge Street

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Duane Lucia, Curator of the West End Museum will lead the tour.

Cost: $7 Members/$15 Non-Members

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Pre-registration is required and available at http://thewestendmuseum.org/whats_on/event-registration/




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