Keeping a Close Eye On The Harvard Allston Expansion
With the announcement of the construction slowdown of the science complex in Allston, some of us Allston residents realized that there may very well be a large hole in the ground for many more years to come.
Suddenly, we looked around and saw that there were many issues with the Harvard 50 year plan for Allston that the neighborhood needs to keep an eye on. For those that live in Allston / Brighton, or in Cambridge, or in Boston, we need to be more vigilant to prevent our town from becoming nothing more than empty buildings for the next 50 years.
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Harvard’s Empty Lincoln St in Allston
Posted on March 19th, 2009 3 comments
176 Lincoln St Allston NOW and owned by Harvard
- What 176 Lincoln St Allston should have been
The Technology Center at 176 Lincoln St could have given Allston a newer, more advanced workplace (1). Visible from the Mass Pike (2) it could have been the clean face to an Allston that had become even dirtier than its stockyard days. Judging from tax records (3) and my poor memory the building was near completed in 2004, then was gobbled up by Harvard in 2006 (4). Today (5), 3 years later, it looks more blighted than the West End ever could have.
What are Harvard’s plans for this building? They’re going to do something with it in the next 50 years. Something clever? I have a clever, shovel ready, economic stimulus idea — Sell the building to someone who will develop the building and allow small, innovative businesses to move in. This building sits at the gateway to Boston and the only impression it presents is one of decay and neglect.
Well if the Harvard plan continues on its current course the building will hopefully be consumed by the weeds in the parking lot so it won’t be so visible to passersby. This solution is, of course, green!
Sources:
(1) http://www.loopnet.com/property/126703/176-Lincoln-Street/
(2) http://gis.cityofboston.gov/EGISWebViewer/Map.aspx?PropertyID=2201481000
(3) http://www.cityofboston.gov/assessing/search/default.asp?mode=reval&pid=2200969000
(4) http://allston02134.blogspot.com/2006/12/176-lincoln-street-no-longer-cabot.html
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