Post-war housing project.

Post-war housing project.

Item Information

Title:
Post-war housing project.
Description:
Bulldozing for a post-war housing project on Robert Ford Road off Lexington Street in 1949. 168 brick units were built near the more expensive private apartments of Fairfield Gardens on the Iodice farm. Robert Mark Ford joined the Army on September 8, 1943 and was killed in action June 2, 1944.
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Watertown Free Public Library
Collection (local):
Watertown Houses
Subjects:
City planning--Watertown (Mass.)
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Watertown (Mass.)
Public housing--Massachusetts--Watertown--History
Public housing--Watertown (Mass.)
Veterans--Housing--Watertown (Mass.)
Ford, Robert Mark--1925-1944
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Watertown
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rv043491t
Terms of Use:
Management Restrictions apply. See application form at http://watertownlib.org/research/historic-watertown/photographs
Contact host institution for more information.
Identifier:
figure 4385