Research Guides: HTC 2200: Public Space and Public Housing: Villa Victoria

Books - Main Stacks

Housing by John Macsai; Eugene P. Hollard; Harry S. Nachman; James R. Shales; Alfred J. Hidvegi (Illustrator); James R. Andreson; Jared Shales
Call Number: TH 4820 .H68 1982
Villa Victoria can be found on pgs 402 and 403. This includes plans.
La Comunidad by Evagene H. Bond (Editor); Henry G. Cisneros (Introduction by)
Call Number: E184.S75 C65 1982
Modernity and Housing by Peter G. Rowe
Call Number: HD 7287 .R68 1993
Villa Victoria is mentioned though out the text. Plans of the project are also included. Please see the index in the back for more information.
The Boston Renaissance by Barry Bluestone; Mary Huff Stevenson
Call Number: HN80.B6 B67 2000
Villa Victoria can be found on pgs. 87 and 88.

Journals - BAC Print Periodicals

Housing
Architectural Record 163, no. 2 (February 1978): 79-[94]
Villa Victoria, Boston, Massachusetts; architects: John Sharratt Associates
Process: Architecture no. 14 (1980): 13-19.

Journals - Online Access

Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio
Morales, Maria Cristina. Contemporary Sociology no. 3 (2006): 283.

Online Resources

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
The Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción blog offers news and information about events at Villa Victoria and affordable housing at large.

Experiments in Public Housing: Appendix: A Reexamination of Subsidized Housing Policy and Design

Experiments in Public Housing: Appendix: A Reexamination of Subsidized Housing Policy and Design by Northeastern University Graduate Program of Architecture Masters Research Studio

Images/Films

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Villa Victoria: 18 images
Architectural drawings (floor plans, Site plan that includes Phase 5, and elevation), and exterior and interior photos

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