Rally protesting the Tufts-New England Medical Center’s expansion into Chinatown, with demonstrators standing outside in a snowstorm.
November 25,  1985
Prior to the protests and organization against a parking garage on Parcel C, Chinatown community members protested against the Tuft’s New England Medical Center’s building expansion into Chinatown, as the center’s continued development would have an adverse affect on and take space away from Chinatown residents.

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View from above, of the demonstration at the Tufts-New England Medical Center campus during a snowstorm.
November 25, 1985

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Draft copy of a needs assessment of Asian Americans in Boston’s Chinatown.
May 5, 1989
This draft  the need for additional facilities for community service agencies in the Chinatown area. This study was prepared by the Henderson Planning Group and was requested by the Chinatown/South Cove Neighborhood Council (CNC) and the Boston Redevelopment Authority. It  includes a community needs assessment survey conducted by Tom Lun-Nap Chung, Ph.D.

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Oak Street parking lot (located on Parcel C in Chinatown), with Tufts-New England Medical Center in the background.
Ca. 1993-1994

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Protesters hold signs and demonstrate in the Oak Street parking lot on Parcel C in Chinatown.
1993

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Seven automobiles parked in the Oak Street parking lot, on Parcel C in Chinatown.
Ca. 1993-1994
This photograph was taken on a roll of film documenting the Tufts-New England Medical Center’s campus and Parcel C in Chinatown.

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“Unity / Community: Chinatown Mural Project,” an exterior mural painted on a brick building in Chinatown, Boston.
Ca. 1993-1994
This photograph was taken on a roll of film documenting the New England Medical Center’s campus and Parcel C in Chinatown. This mural was painted by David Fichter, co-designed by the artist Wen-ti Tsen, and the assistance of community volunteers in 1986. This text appears in the mural: “Justice for Asians” and “Housing!”

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Protesters hold signs and banners on Oak Street, as they demonstrate against the New England Medical Center’s plan to build a parking garage on Parcel C in Chinatown.
June 8, 1993

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Elementary school children sing with their hands raised at a Parcel C fundraiser and talent show.
July 1993
This image was taken at a talent show to raise money for Parcel C and prevent the NEMC from building a parking garage on the parcel.

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A young girl speaks to reporters at a demonstration protesting the proposed land development of Parcel C in Chinatown.
July 1993

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