4000/4010. Boston Redevelopment Authority
Record Group Term
Identifier: 4000/4010
The Boston Redevelopment Authority, established in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 121B, has the sole responsibility for urban renewal activities in the City of Boston. The Authority was organized in September, 1957 and received its certificate of organization from the Secretary of the Commonwealth on October 4, 1957. Chapter 652 of the Acts of 1960 abolished the City Planning Board and transferred its powers to the BRA. The functions, duties, and responsibilities for general city planning and development were merged into one agency. In 1993, Mayor Thomas M. Menino merged the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation into a single citywide development agency. In September of 2016, the Boston Redevelopment Authority was renamed the Boston Planning and Development Agency. ( BPDA)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Boston Redevelopment Authority photographs
Collection
Identifier: 4010.001
Scope and Contents
Photographs and negatives documenting urban renewal projects, circa 1953-1985. Includes photographs from the West End, Government Center, South Cove, Central Business District, Charlestown and other urban renewal projects. Photographs and negatives are in process and will be added to catalog record when complete.
Dates:
Other: circa 1953-1985
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Boston Redevelopment Authority publications
Collection
Identifier: 4010.002
Scope and Contents
Includes annual reports and other publications produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
Dates:
195?-198?
Found in:
City of Boston Archives