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These are the men responsible--some say to a dangerous degree--for the BRA Lower Roxbury Community Corporation pact...

Author: By Paul J. Corkery, | Title: BRA and Roxbury Citizen Group Reach Urban Renewal Agreement | 1/6/1967 | See Source »

...agreement signed by Logue is just a promise by the BRA to erect 400 units of housing on part of a 57.3 renewal site called Madison Park and to consult with the LRCC about development plans for the area. But that promise was at least six months in coming...

Author: By Paul J. Corkery, | Title: BRA and Roxbury Citizen Group Reach Urban Renewal Agreement | 1/6/1967 | See Source »

Madison Park has been slated for destruction since 1948 when it was first included in plans for the yet unbuilt Inner Belt. For nearly two years the BRA has had its eye on the dilapiated area, which houses about 300 families...

Author: By Paul J. Corkery, | Title: BRA and Roxbury Citizen Group Reach Urban Renewal Agreement | 1/6/1967 | See Source »

According to one official, BRA studies showed that Madison Park was "residual area." "The only ones left in this neighborhood," he said, "are the ones who couldn't get out." Original BRA plans suggested that the area would be best used for non-residential purposes...

Author: By Paul J. Corkery, | Title: BRA and Roxbury Citizen Group Reach Urban Renewal Agreement | 1/6/1967 | See Source »

...Brasil! Bra-sil!" Cliff lost in four sets to Mandarino, an expatriate Brazilian who lives in Madrid. Then Richey was beaten in straight sets by Koch, who grew up right across the street from the Leopoldina Juvenil Tennis Club. Dennis Ralston kept U.S. hopes alive by beating Koch and teaming with Ashe to win the doubles, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. But in his final singles match against Mandarino, the Menace lost his cool. Visibly rattled by noisy spectators, who chanted "Brasil! Bra-sil!" from the third set onward, he collapsed completely in the fifth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: To the Ludicrous | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

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