Old Colony is roughly a triangle, bordered by East 8th Street, Dorchester Street, Old Colony Avenue and Columbia Road. It adjoins a traffic circle to the southwest, and Babe Ruth Park, a youth park with baseball fields, to the south. 42°19′54″N71°03′02″W / 42.3318°N 71.050666°W / 42.3318; -71.050666
Across the street from Old Colony, on the rotary to the southwest, is where James "Whitey" Bulger owned a liquor store and headquartered his organized crime ring.[2] He grew up in the nearby Old Harbor Village housing project, later renamed the Mary Ellen McCormack housing project. The liquor store, formerly South Boston Liquor Mart, later became Kippy's Wine and Spirits and as of 2017 is Rotary Liquors.[3]
Old Colony is currently in the middle of a three-phase redevelopment that is moving most of its tenants from the original large multi-family complexes to mixed housing in newly constructed townhouse rows and apartment buildings that will replace the 1940s structures. Phase I, which replaced rows of brick buildings containing 164 units with 116 new affordable townhouse units along Old Colony Avenue and Columbia Road, commenced in late 2010 and was finished in March 2012.[2] Phase II, which was partially financed by a $22 million HOPE VI Revitalization grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, was completed in 2014. The groundbreaking for Phase III, which will replace 250 original housing units with 305 new housing units, was held on February 14, 2019.
Referencesedit
^Waller, John (2016-01-11). "The latest Boston, local and national news". Boston.com. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
^ abcBaker, Billy (March 21, 2012). "Old Colony gets a bright new facelift". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
^O'Connor, Ed (2011-03-02), South Boston Liquor Mart, retrieved 2021-02-15
External linksedit
Boston Housing Authority page for Old Colony Housing
December 15, 2023
colony, housing, project, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, tone, style, reflect, encyclopedic, tone, used, wikipedia, wikipedia, guide, wr. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia See Wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions September 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Old Colony Housing Project news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The Old Colony Housing Project is a 16 7 acre public housing project located in South Boston Massachusetts First built in 1940 as a cluster of 22 three story brick buildings housing 873 low income units 1 it is one of the Boston Housing Authority s oldest developments Contents 1 Location 2 Prominent residents 3 Redevelopment 4 References 5 External linksLocation editOld Colony is roughly a triangle bordered by East 8th Street Dorchester Street Old Colony Avenue and Columbia Road It adjoins a traffic circle to the southwest and Babe Ruth Park a youth park with baseball fields to the south 42 19 54 N 71 03 02 W 42 3318 N 71 050666 W 42 3318 71 050666Across the street from Old Colony on the rotary to the southwest is where James Whitey Bulger owned a liquor store and headquartered his organized crime ring 2 He grew up in the nearby Old Harbor Village housing project later renamed the Mary Ellen McCormack housing project The liquor store formerly South Boston Liquor Mart later became Kippy s Wine and Spirits and as of 2017 is Rotary Liquors 3 Prominent residents editU S Representative Stephen F Lynch Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up there and later chronicled his Old Colony experiences in his memoir All Souls A Family Story From Southie Joseph M Tierney the late Boston City Councilor and father of actress Maura Tierney of ER and NewsRadio fame 2 Kevin Weeks Winter Hill Gang mobster and bodyguard of Whitey BulgerRedevelopment editOld Colony is currently in the middle of a three phase redevelopment that is moving most of its tenants from the original large multi family complexes to mixed housing in newly constructed townhouse rows and apartment buildings that will replace the 1940s structures Phase I which replaced rows of brick buildings containing 164 units with 116 new affordable townhouse units along Old Colony Avenue and Columbia Road commenced in late 2010 and was finished in March 2012 2 Phase II which was partially financed by a 22 million HOPE VI Revitalization grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development was completed in 2014 The groundbreaking for Phase III which will replace 250 original housing units with 305 new housing units was held on February 14 2019 References edit Waller John 2016 01 11 The latest Boston local and national news Boston com Retrieved 2021 02 15 a b c Baker Billy March 21 2012 Old Colony gets a bright new facelift BostonGlobe com Retrieved 2021 02 15 O Connor Ed 2011 03 02 South Boston Liquor Mart retrieved 2021 02 15External links editBoston Housing Authority page for Old Colony Housing Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Old Colony Housing Project amp oldid 1167013582, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
