Slide Title
Preview
Date
Summer 6-1976
Description
Construction in the courtyard of a building in Boston’s Commercial Wharf, 1976, by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. The MHFA was developed by Mass. legislature in 1966 to be an independent public authority creating affordable housing, rental and for ownership. Certain goals of agencies like these were to promote mixed-income housing and other cross-class relations.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Subject Headings
Architecture -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Rental housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Mixed-income housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Courtyards; Construction projects
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Massachusetts
City Name
Boston
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester, "Boston Commercial Wharf MHFA" (1976). Smolski Images. 336.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/336
Keywords
MassHousing; MHFA; public housing; low-income housing; architecture; Boston, Massachusetts;
Notes
Bibliography: Graves, Erin M. "The Structuring of Urban Life in a Mixed-Income Housing "Community"." City & Community, vol. 9, no. 1, Mar. 2010, pp. 109-131. "MassHousing History." MassHousing, 2016, www.masshousing.com/portal/server.pt/community/about_masshousing/221/history. Accessed 28 Dec. 2016.