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 announces layoffs
Posted on June 24th, 2009 No comments“They’re using this drop in the endowment as an excuse to justify really terrible cuts that will have a disastrous impact on the surrounding communities.’’
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/06/24/harvard_workers_stunned_by_layoffs_of_275/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed2
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Allston events calender
Posted on June 14th, 2009 No commentsFor reminders for Allston related events link to this Google Calender:
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=qruirkfmg1nautt4c9kug296vc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York
You can link through xml, ical, html or Outlook. I can’t promise I’ll list every event, but if I miss something send me an e-mail. Also if so inclined I can add other admins.
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Summer Community Meetings
Posted on June 14th, 2009 No commentsAs the weather gets nicer (or not so nice) it gets harder to drag oneself into a potentially stuffy meeting rooms, but let’s try for the sake of our community and ourselves.===From: “Autler, Gerald” <Gerald.Autler.…@cityofboston.gov>Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:44:33 -0400Local: Tues, Jun 9 2009 4:44 pmSubject: Reminder: Harvard/Allston Meetings* Wednesday, June 10, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Honan-Allston
Library (300 North Harvard Street, Allston), the BRA will host a
Community-Wide Plan meeting focusing on the Holton Street corridor. We
will be starting at 6:00 sharp in order to be out of the library by
8:00.* Monday, June 15, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Honan-Allston
Library (300 North Harvard Street, Allston) the Massachusetts Executive
Office of Transportation will hold a public meeting on the Allston
Multi-Modal Station Study, a planning study in Allston that has reviewed
ways to improve rail transit access along the Framingham/Worcester
commuter rail line for residents and employees. The Allston Multi-Modal
Station Study has evaluated several potential rail station locations to
assess their physical feasibility, neighborhood access, economic
development potential and intermodal transportation connections with
existing public transit, walking, bicycling and automobile access. This
meeting will review the results of the alternatives evaluation and
present recommendations for potential future transit improvements. To
request access or language accommodations, please contact Regan Checchio
at (617) 357-5772 x14 or rchecc…@reginavilla.com.Regards,
Gerald Autler, Senior Project Manager/Planner
Boston Redevelopment Authority
One City Hall Square
Boston, MA 02201P: 617.918.4438
F: 617.742.7783