TY - BOOK AU - Crockett,Karilyn TI - People before highways: Boston activists, urban planners, and a new movement for city making SN - 9781613765364 AV - HE355 .P467 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Amherst PB - University of Massachusetts Press KW - Highway planning KW - United States KW - Citizen participation KW - City planning KW - Social movements KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction --; People before highways : stopping highways, building a regional social movement --; Battling desires : (re)defining progress --; Groundwork : imagining a highwayless future --; Planning for tomorrow, not yesterday : "we were wrong" --; New territory : city-making, searching for control --; Making victory stick : new park, new dreams, new plans --; Epilogue; 2; b N2 - 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 what this plan would entail -- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1862480&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -