King’s Lynne

Format
Brief

City
Lynn

State/Province
MA

Country
USA

Metro Area
Boston

Project Type
Mixed Residential

Location Type
Outer Suburban

Land Uses
Multifamily Rental Housing
Open space
Parking
Recreation
Single-Family Rental Housing

Keywords
Community-directed development
Creative finance
Former public housing project
Mixed-income community
Social services
Townhouses
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner

Site Size
58 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
1976

Date Opened
1979

A brief is a short version of a case study.

In 1970, America Park was one of the worst public housing projects in Massachusetts. One-quarter of its 408 units on 58 acres (23 ha) were boarded up and condemned. The tenants, recognizing that the local housing authority was not able to properly manage the project or provide the services they needed, organized themselves through an elected residents council. Wanting to bypass the state housing authority, whose regulations were seen to have exacerbated conditions, the residents council refused public renovation funds.

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Developers/Owners
King’s Lynne Residents Council
Lynn, MA

Corcoran Mullins Jennison Inc.
Boston, MA

Architect
Claude Miquelle Architects
Stoneham, MA

Principal Author(s)
Julie Stern

ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner