Group portrait at the Taino Tower groundbreaking ceremony.

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Title:
Group portrait at the Taino Tower groundbreaking ceremony.
Description:
Speakers at the Taino Tower groundbreaking ceremony gather for a group portrait. Clara Garcia is third from the left and holds an ornate doorknocker in her hand. Roger Herzog is fifth from the left. 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
Housing development--Massachusetts--Boston
Garcia, Clara L.
Herzog, Roger
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 color print : 5 x 3.5 in.
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20223087
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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:
A009290