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...decision was based on the "altered financial landscape of the University, and the wider world," which "necessitates a shift away from rapid development in Allston," according to the letter...
Harvard will pause construction of the Allston Science Complex in early spring 2010 after the structure's foundation is completed but before the building would be ready for tenants, according to a letter sent by University President Drew G. Faust to the community early Thursday afternoon...
...endowment is $25 billion or $35 billion. Banks may be hesitant to lend, but the obstacle today is not a lack of financing—it is Harvard’s lack of will. Jump-starting activity on Harvard’s vacant and under-utilized property in Allston and Brighton doesn’t require a delegation visiting for several days like the one that President Faust just led to South Africa in November. With Harvard’s local Allston/Brighton opportunity, a combination of Rappaport Institute conferences, seed grants to interested individuals and organizations, business plan contests...
...recently commented to The Boston Globe: “The great triumph is when you find someone in an unlikely place who against all odds achieved something.” Might the Harvard community apply the same spirit and, against today’s odds, achieve something in Allston and Brighton...
Harry E. Mattison is a founder of the Allston/Brighton North Neighbors Forum and member of the Harvard Allston Task Force...