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How Urban Renewal Transformed Boston with Lizabeth Cohen
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How Urban Renewal Transformed Boston with Lizabeth Cohen

We're joined by Harvard professor Lizabeth Cohen to talk about how the era of Urban Renewal — and the arrival of Ed Logue — impacted Boston. From bulldozed neighborhoods, to a new city hall, to housing in Roxbury and Charlestown, this particular moment left its mark on the city.

Explain Boston to Me

May 21, 202545m 31s

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Show Notes

We're joined by Harvard professor Lizabeth Cohen to talk about how the era of Urban Renewal — and the arrival of Ed Logue — impacted Boston. From bulldozed neighborhoods, to a new city hall, to housing in Roxbury and Charlestown, this particular moment left its mark on the city. Cohen's award-winning book, Saving America's Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age, takes a more complex view of this oft-reviled movement.

RIP the POOP scorebug.

Philly taco.

Loving the new Boston Red Sox Fenway-inspired City Connect jerseys. (The Phillies' City Connects are a crime against baseball.)

Dog loses Dorchester mayoral election.

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