Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; FIRST PRIZE PROGRAM; Table of Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; TAXATION AND ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; THE ECONOMIC ASPECT; ARCHITECTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS; TRANSPORTATION; RESIDENTAL AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; SECOND PRIZE PROGRAM; Table of Contents; SUMMARY OF REPORT; INTRODUCTION; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; TAXATION AND REVENUE SYSTEM; ASSESSMENT AND DEPRECIATION
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOPMENTCOMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE; RESIDENTIAL REDISTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORATION; CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; THIRD PRIZE PROGRAM; Table of Contents; Introduction; PREFACE; GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS; Recommendations; THE MANIFEST DESTINY OF THE AREA; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; TAXATION AND REVENUE SYSTEM; ASSESSMENT AND DEPRECIATION; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOPMENT; COMMERICAL RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE SYSTEMS
Residential redistribution and developmenttransportation; citizen participation; selections from 100 prize winning program
Summary
During World War II, many European government authorities and planners believed that the damage caused by bombing constituted a great opportunity to transform their cities. Even as the fighting continued, a great many plans were drawn up, and this has been the subject of much scholarship. However, what is often overlooked is wartime planning in cities not damaged in the war. United States cities were not bombed, but in Boston, one of its leading cities, the last years of the war brought a major effort to encourage both new plans to modernize the city and also means of implementing those plans
