Urban renewal
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Carolyn Terteling-Payne , July 1, 2010 and July 28, 2010
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Terteling-Payne served during the 1990s, a time that was marked by a surplus budget and a general positive feeling from the community. Boise was growing quickly, and development was on the fringes of the city as well as in the downtown core. Brent Coles was mayor, he focused on transportation, fighting drugs, and neighborhood reinvestment.In an interview with Brandi Burns on July 1, 2010, Carolyn Terteling-Payne discusses growing up in Boise and her volunteer activities that were...
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July 1, 2010 and July 28, 2010
Corki Onweiler , July 25, 2014, August 8, 2014, September 10, 2014, and November 21, 2014
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In an interview with Brandi Burns on July 25, 2014, Cordelia “Corki” Onweiler discusses her childhood in Boise during the 1930s and 1940s, including her recollections from attending school at St. Teresa’s Academy, going to the Natatorium, her family’s business interest in The Mode Limited, and her first job at C.C. Anderson’s Department Store. She also discusses how she met her husband, their life together in the 1950s when he was serving on the Boise City Council and Idaho State...
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July 25, 2014, August 8, 2014, September 10, 2014, and November 21, 2014
David Eberle, August 27, 2018
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In an interview with Jennifer Stevens on August 27, 2018, David Eberle discusses his experience on the Boise City Council. He describes how he remembers Boise when he returned after college in the late 1970s and the issues with the downtown area and push for urban renewal. David also discusses his career as a professional economist running a private practice and his time as a professor at Boise State University and Albertsons College. During his three terms in office David...
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August 27, 2018
Flip Kleffner, December 1, 2010
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Flip Kleffner served on the City Council from 1972-1974, a period when Boise was changing rapidly. Kleffner had experienced the pre-WWII Boise and had seen the effects of the growth. Like many cities in the nation, Boise adopted an urban renewal policy to revitalize its downtown. By 1972, many buildings had already been demolished in the downtown core, and plans were underway to construct a large, enclosed mall to entice suburban shoppers back into the downtown.In an interview...
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December 1, 2010
Glenn Selander, September 29, 2010 and October 20, 2010
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Glenn Selander served on the Boise City Council during the last years of urban renewal. The mall had still not been built downtown, and the community was upset. He served to 1985 when the mall was finally approved in the suburbs, and there was a change in the city leadership.In an interview with Brandi Burns on September 29 and October 20, 2010, Glenn Selander discusses the growth Boise experienced in the 1970s, the trend to develop west of the city and into the foothills. He...
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September 29, 2010 and October 20, 2010
Joy Buersmeyer , July 12, 2010 and July 27, 2010
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Joy Buersmeyer served on the Boise City Council during the 1970s and 1980s, which was the heart of the urban renewal era. By 1976 few developments in the downtown core were occurring, and the BRA was continuing to fight for an enclosed mall to locate into the downtown. It was not until 1986 that this vision for downtown changed. Dirk Kempthorne was elected as mayor, and many council members were voted out.In two interviews with Brandi Burns on July 12 and 27, 2010, Joy Buersmeyer...
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July 12, 2010 and July 27, 2010
Katheryn and Edmond Fong, February 22, 2023
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Travis Jeffres conducted this remote interview on February 22, 2023, with Katheryn and Edmond Fong as part of the Documenting Chinese History in Greater Boise through Oral History project. Katheryn and Edmond Fong, children of Harry Fong, offer their memories of Boise’s Chinese population, Boise’s Chinatown, and growing up in Boise as Chinese Americans. Their father, Harry Fong, arrived in Boise from China in 1911 and quickly became an indispensable figure in the community. He worked as an...
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February 22, 2023
Marjorie Ewing, July 2, 2010 and July 16, 2010
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Marjorie Ewing served on the city council during the urban renewal era. When she came onto the council urban renewal was well under way, and there was still support for it. As the years waned on, support for the idea of an enclosed downtown mall diminished, and the community was angered at the slow nature of development in the downtown.In two interviews with Brandi Burns on July 2 and 16, 2010, Marjorie Ewing discusses her personal history, involvement with the Boise Little...
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July 2, 2010 and July 16, 2010
Mary Tate , November 10, 2010
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Mary Tate served on the council when urban renewal was unpopular, partially due to the long delay in development of the downtown and loss of historic streetscapes. At the end of her time on City Council, a larger shift was occurring to replace the old Council and Mayor with a new set of people more amicable to letting the regional mall be built outside of downtown.In an interview with Brandi Burns on November 10, 2010, Mary Tate discusses her experience as a councilmember during...
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November 10, 2010
Mary Trail, January 14, 2011, January 19, 2011, and January 27, 2011
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Mary Trail served on the council during the last years of the fight to bring the mall downtown before a new set of council members and mayor took office. The zoning for the mall to move to its suburban location was approved, and when the new council took office, downtown redevelopment pushed forward. Downtown Boise in the late 1980s and 1990s started to see construction of new buildings and other positive signs that revitalization was occurring.In an interview with Brandi Burns...
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January 14, 2011, January 19, 2011, and January 27, 2011