The 53-acre slum-clearance project was bitterly opposed by many of the 7,000 families and 800 businesses facing displacement.
More than 300 people on welfare or fixed incomes are facing long-term displacement, officials said.
H.R.A. crews worked around the clock on overtime in early 1989 to prepare the hotel to receive homeless people facing possible displacement from another shelter, which had been earmarked for overflow prisoners.
To Clarke Stuart, Walter's remark in the episode "6B" that the world is tearing apart reflected "the sentiments of American viewers who were facing job loss and displacement at an unprecedented level."
Secretary Reich said, "At this point in the nation's history, when Americans face corporate downsizing, defense downsizing and displacement by technology, the last thing we want to do is reduce funding for training."
Many, including local citizens that have faced displacement from the conflict, would prefer the leaders of the LRA instead go through the cleansing ritual and return to their respective communities.
In September 2000, facing displacement from channel 21, the station moved to channel 49 and in December 2000, upgraded to a Class A license.
Boston has a major problem: 46 percent of its 7,000 artists face potential displacement in the next 12 months.
Children face displacement and loss of school and friends.
Eric Dever, one of the sculptors facing displacement, said that to find other space, "we would have to make our own studio, to have saws and hydraulics."