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Although Sally R. Alcorn of the Harvard Square Business Association says she doesn't think the neighborhood's character will be swallowed up, the number--and type--of new stores indicate the depth of the change...
...Alcorn says that the area is still neighborhood-oriented. "Whenever you have a drugstore and a deli in the area, those are conveniences that residents are grateful for," she says...
...Alcorn says that the changes benefit everyone--big businesses and small, long-time residents and newcomers to the area. "The more life there is after 6 p.m. in a neighborhood, the better it is for the residents," she says...
Long before I reach Arizona, I leave Highway I-10 and bump along ranch roads that bring the border back into view. In Columbus, N. Mex., which the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa raided in 1916, John Alcorn, 69, gestures in the direction of the border. "Had 16 teeth out and a new set of dentures made over in Palomas last week," he says, massaging his gums. "Would have cost me $2,000 in the U.S. I paid $600 over there, and the dentist did a damn good job." Health care is a relatively new economic trade-off, but the principles...
...Alcorn attibuted much of the Square's success to the market provided by Harvard University. "Harvard Square has a captive audience," said Alcorn. "This includes not only the student population but also the large staff and faculty." She also cited the expansion of the MBTA Red Line and the resulting tourist market as a major cause of the Square's economic boom...