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Tent City, once a triumph of community activism, is now home to strife over maintenance and security

Por: The Boston Globe Politics January 08, 2023

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In 1968, a Boston revolution began.A group of protesters — most estimates pegged the crowd to be in the hundreds, although some say there were as many as 4,000 — camped out in a South End lot in tents and makeshift huts and lean-tos. They called it “Tent City.” And they weren’t going to move until they got their way.At the time, Boston, much like the rest of the country, was undergoing urban renewal, a process that often displaced... + full article



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