...comprehensive report on economic and urban growth in Boston's central business district, with recommendations for controlling development; includes detailed data on volume of retail sales, cost of living (1929, 1933, 1935), building demolition and construction trends, real estate valuations (selected years 1926-1939), tax deliquency data, building occupancy by type of building and census tract (1935), mass transit statistics, parking and parking lot data; discusses merits of building height restrictions, building signage and parking restrictions; also discusses readjustment of tax valuations, zoning and annexation of suburban towns; includes the city's operation and maintenance statement for 1939...