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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The Death and Life of Great American Cities redux
Posted on February 7th, 2010 No commentsThis article in The New Republic was written about a book about a book about New York, but it speaks to grassroots efforts v. the powers to be in most large American cities. I know “Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City” and/or “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” will be on my reading list.