Summary: | In 1994 the Chinese Progressive Association was formally granted space for a community center on Parcel C in Chinatown. In 2003, construction began. Parcel C is now the Metropolitan, a mixed-income and mixed-use high-rise and the permanent home of the Chinese Progressive Association. Pictured (from left to right): David Moy; Jay Wong, Chair of the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC); Neil Chin, Board of ACDC; Thomas J. O'Malley, Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA); Dianne Wilkerson; unidentified person; unidentified person; Mayor Thomas Menino; Director of Massachusetts Housing; Charlotte Golar Richie, State Representative for Roxbury; unidentified person; unidentified person; Director of BRA; and an unidentified person.
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