And so long as this is true, maybe Kevin White better scratch all-inclusive references to some kind of worldwide urban renaissance.” Globe columnist Robert A. A Boston Globe editorial entitled “A Great Dirty City” read: “Despite all the fancy hotels, the glass highrises, and developments on the drawingboard, Boston is a city run down at the heels.

Some of the local reaction to the Great Cities Conference was derisive. He invited mayors from 36 large cities, including Athens, Hong Kong, Dublin, Paris, Rome, Jerusalem, Bombay, London, and Istanbul, for a week-long conclave held at Faneuil Hall, MIT, and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In 1980, the 350 th anniversary of Boston’s founding, Mayor Kevin White introduced the idea that Boston was a “world class city.” Mayor White organized the Great Cities of the World Conference to highlight Boston’s urban revitalization achievements and discuss strategies for redevelopment with other leading international cities. City Planning-Urban Affairs Program Boston University SeptemCopyright © 2019 by James C.

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