Say Brother | Cost of a Facelift

Cost of a Facelift
Program 1003
Original Airdate: 10/12/1979

Subject Keywords
City planning and the press
Music - Performance
Urban renewal

Subject Genre
Public Affairs: Current Events

Personal Names
Currie, Matt
Garver, Richard

Corporate Names
Boston Redevelopment Authority

Program Description
Program focuses on the construction work underway in the South End of Boston necessary to replacing a combined sewage system. In documentary-style format, Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with Richard Garver (Deputy Director of Community Development for Boston's Redevelopment Authority), Joseph Thompson (a South End mechanic), Matt Currie (engineer and supervisor of the South End project), and people in the South End neighborhood, about the frustrations faced by residents as a result of the construction, the long-range plan for completing the renewal project, the extent of the project and its proposed benefits, the impact of construction on local business, and the initiation of surface revitalization. Program includes a rebroadcast of a portion of a musical performance by Solar Visions that originally aired 8/3/1979 (Program 927).

Producer
Barbara Barrow-Murray

Associate Producer
Beth Deare

Director
Brian Clarke

Others
Nancy Carey (intern)
Leo Demers (videotape recordist)
Sally Erhman (production secretary)
Bill Fairweather (video)
Renee Harriston (intern)
Rebecca Hill (fashion consultant)
Webster Lewis (theme music)
Gene Mackles (graphic designer)
Celenia Melendez (intern)
Milan Merhar (videotape recordist)
Wil Morton (audio)
Joe Pugliesi (audio)
Lee Smith (camera)
Evelyn Wong (production assistant)

Formats
Master (WGBH program)	2" videotape	A2-06122
Original footage	3/4" cassette -1	(item number not yet assigned)
Original footage	3/4" cassette -2	(item number not yet assigned)
Preservation master	digital beta cassette	AP-01442
Preservation master	beta SP cassette	AP-01442A
Viewing copy	3/4" cassette	3498-60
Viewing copy	VHS cassette	(item number not yet assigned)