Episode Details

We're talking about a project that transformed downtown Boston, for good or for ill. City planner Noah Harper talks us through the history of Government Center, from Scollay Square to Urban Renewal, Brutalism to the Cop Slide. Plus, the tragic tale of a lost earring.

Check out Harper's substack, Power and Place; here is his piece on Government Center.

Previous Relevant Episodes: Urban Renewal, The West End, The Big Dig.

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Malala says "Go Birds!"

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