Clara Garcia speaking at Taino Tower groundbreaking ceremony.

Item Information

Title:
Clara Garcia speaking at Taino Tower groundbreaking ceremony.
Description:
Clara Garcia speaks to the audience at the Taino Tower groundbreaking ceremony. Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción converted the burnt-out church at 640 Tremont Street (formerly Shawmut Congregational Church, built 1864, damaged by fire in 1978) into affordable homeownership condominiums and ground-floor commercial space. The housing was called Taino Tower after the Taino, the native inhabitants of Puerto Rico.
Date:
1990
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Collection (local):
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción records (M111)
Series:
Audio-Visual Material and Memorabilia
Subjects:
Church buildings--Remodeling for other use
Community development, Urban--Massachusetts--Boston
Rites and ceremonies
Hispanic American civic leaders
Housing development--Massachusetts--Boston
Garcia, Clara L.
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 color print : 3.5 x 5 in.
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20223072
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Notes (acquisition):
Donated by Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción.
Notes (funding):
This project was partially funded with federal assistance from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Identifier:
A009275