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People before Highways Boston Activists, Urban Planners, and a New Movement for City Making

Karilyn Crockett

In 1948, inspired by changes to federal law, Massachusetts government officials started hatching a plan to build multiple highways circling and cutting through the heart of Boston, making steady progress through the 1950s. But when officials began to hold public hearings in 1960, as it became clear...

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99% Invisible

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99% Invisible

The book detailed the Boston anti-highway movement and how it contributed to a new approach to city-making.

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Carolyn Crockett is the author of the book people before highways and also a professor at MIT She argues that despite all the incentives to build build build The costs of that building would eventuall...

— Episode: The Big Dig

Episode: The Big Dig

The book detailed the Boston anti-highway movement and how it contributed to a new approach to city-making.

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Carolyn Crockett is the author of the book people before highways and also a professor at MIT She argues that despite all the incentives to build build build The costs of that building would eventually force city residents to think the unthinkable

And it basically called on sergeant to halt all construction immediately

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