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Certainly the process was in the University's self-interest--it avoided the costly years of legal and governmental challenges that tied up the nearby Parcel 1B development; it hit upon an agreeable proposal that will secure the future of that corner of the Square, and they built up some precious goodwill with local residents. Even in situations where it may make affairs more complicated or sticky, though, the University should retain its commitment to community involvement. The people that have to live with Harvard's actions deserve some say in their formulation...
...effective community pressure on the developers of Parcel 1B, another enormous development planned on a site next to University Place. A coalition of neighborhood groups managed to block construction with one lawsuit after another; it wasn't until the developer of that land agreed to make major concessions that they backed off. "If anything, Parcel 1B was the breakthrough for residents," Thomas Anninger, president of the Neighborhood 10 Association, says. "It gave Harvard and other developers an example showing that a project will come out better with design review collaboration...
...Carpenter and Co.'s project on Parcel 1b, previously intended as the site of the John F. Kennedy memorial library and at one time the home of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority carbarns, will include 350 public parking spaces, the same as exist there now. But the University Place complex will provide only 100 spaces during regular business hours...
...city's director of traffic and parking George Teso said that an additional 100 spaces will be eliminated by Carpenter and Co.'s $60 million retail-housing-office-and-hotel complex on Parcel 1b, creating a "very serious long-term problem" in the Square...
...city council also voted last night to investigate potential parking problems caused by construction Parcel 1B next to the Kennedy School and on University Place. The two developments will usurp much of the available parking in Harvard Square, which has caused complaints from many local merchants...