Lenox Street Projects

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Lenox Street Housing Projects
Lenox Street Projects
General information
Location136 Lenox Street, Boston, MA 02118.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates 42°20′11″N71°04′54″W / 42.3363°N 71.0816°W / 42.3363; -71.0816
Construction
Constructed1939–40
Other information
Governing
body		 Boston Housing Authority

Lenox Street Projects is a low-income housing project in the Lower Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts. The 376-unit three-story brick buildings were built in 1939 and was the first housing project in Boston that African American families were able to move into. [1] [2] In recent years, it has become infamous for violence and gang activity. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Boston Housing Authority - Boston Housing Authority". Bostonhousing.org. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ Lawrence J. VALE (June 30, 2009). From the Puritans to the Projects. p. 422. ISBN   9780674044579 . Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Fixing Lenox Street will take more than a drug raid, but change is coming". The Boston Globe . March 25, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
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