Viewpoint: Don't destroy what remains of Boston's West End

Massachusetts General Hospital currently has plans to develop a Clinical and Campus Service Building. But the current plan would come at serious cost to the heritage of Boston, especially to the West End, a historic neighborhood that was demolished in the 1950s and 1960s during urban renewal.

We at the West End Museum oppose any development project by Massachusetts General Hospital that would demolish any of the few remnants of the West End that remain.

At risk are West End buildings that survived the 1950s urban renewal that leveled most of the West End. The West End House and The Winchell Elementary School on Blossom Street are historically and culturally significant, and they hold fond memories for former and current West End residents and their families.