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Jeremy Siegel
Co-Host, Morning Edition
Co-Host, Morning Edition
Why did so few people know the story of Boston's Wood Island Park? A reporter sets out to remedy the fact.
Today the park is long gone, demolished to make way for Logan International Airport’s expansion in the 1960s. The health effects of that decision reverberate through East Boston to this day.
Residents and activists say the airport expansion, completed half a century ago, continues to harm their health and well-being today.
Wood Island Park was the crown jewel of East Boston. Then it vanished, after the city razed the park to expand the city's airport.