Mother Jones
US · 19 mins ago
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Barney Frank, My Dad, and the Boston They Remade
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A personal narrative exploring Barney Frank's role as an aide to Boston Mayor Kevin White in the early 1970s, examining Frank's involvement with the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the urban planning decisions that shaped the city during that era.
Barney Frank, My Dad, and the Boston They Remade
Sometime around 1970, Barney Frank called the head of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, all worked up. Back then, Frank was the top aide to Boston Mayor Kevin White. Elected in 1968, White was a reformer, at least at first. And he’d empowered the BRA director, a guy named Hale Champion, to professionalize the agency by […]
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