Boston in 1960 is described by Lizabeth Cohen.

In Saving America’s Cities, she subsequently writes, “That Boston was a city in crisis was obvious to everyone, even if they disagreed vehemently over what to do about it. The city was bleeding people and resources.” also, “Curley’s conflicts with the national Democratic Party had deprived the city of its fair share of New Deal handouts, and its already declining manufacturing base got very little lift out of World War II.”