Word: allstoned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Namely, the backyard of 213 families living in the Charlesview Apartments, the low-income housing complex that currently stands in the way of Harvard’s plans for expansion across the river into Allston. Charlesview has been the backyard of approximately 600 residents for 35 years, but whether we’re getting down at the Game or imagining where a “Welcome to Harvard-Allston” sign would look best, it is easy to forget that Charlesview, like the rest of lower Allston, is a place where people live...
While Harvard touts its expansion into the nether regions of Allston as a veritable triumph for modern education, many residents, students, and community members see the University’s trek as something more sinister: a Harvardian version of manifest destiny. To them, Harvard’s expansion asserts that if the price is right and the buyer well-endowed, then the homes, histories, and communities of poor people can be bought up, bulldozed, and replaced with shiny new classrooms, biotech labs, and commercial start...
...problems if the Charlesview families are relocated out of sight of the new campus. Such treatment of the tenants is sure to generate more anger and resentment, and that will last for years to come. Is this the kind of relationship we want to establish with our neighbors in Allston...
Much has been written in recent weeks about the Charlesview Apartments in Allston, a great deal of which has focused on controversy pitting groups against one another: Allston-Brighton versus Harvard; the Charlesview tenants versus the Charlesview board of directors, and so on. This ongoing narrative of controversy shrouds a number of important truths that should be part of the public discourse...
This leads to a second underreported truth about Charlesview: The board of directors consists of Allston-Brighton community members, and we on the board take our responsibility to our residents and neighbors seriously. There are fifteen of us—all volunteers—including two rabbis, a priest, a Methodist minister, and a former Charlesview resident. Eleven of us make our homes in Allston-Brighton. We are all veteran affordable-housing advocates who give our time, energy, and expertise because we share a passion for this community. Our mission is to provide safe and high-quality affordable housing that...