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...provide new homes for its existing residents while preserving the affordability upon which they depend; how to ensure access to public transit, proximity to amenities, and improved open space in a relocation; how to preserve a community that is a neighbor to Harvard and an important part of Allston...
...proposal solidifes Harvard’s hope for a cohesive campus in Allston, but like most of Harvard’s acquistions, it has attracted a fair share of controversy...
Myths About Charlesview By ABRAHAM HALBFINGER Monday, December 18, 2006 10:32 PM These are important times for the residents of the Charlesview, the greater Allston-Brighton community, the city of Boston, and Harvard University. Our hope is that “controversy,” especially when it comes to the Charlesview, is put into proper context and not overstated...
...crystallized for us the day it was announced that Harvard, under a shroud of secrecy and through silent intermediaries, had purchased the Allston Landing site between Western Avenue and Storrow Drive. We knew that very day that at some point in the not too distant future we—the tenants of the Charlesview Appartments, a strategically located, primarily low to moderate income housing complex—would find ourselves fighting for our homes against one of the richest and most powerful corporations in the world...
This part of Allston has always been a great and thriving place to live. Thriving that is, until Harvard, emboldened by the relatively little resistance the community was able to muster after their clandestine land grab, bought up and started closing down more and more businesses. And so now storefronts lie vacant and neighbors are being displaced. We recognize that some of our neighbors may have differing opinions and even living conditions. We respect those opinions and believe that ultimately we are all fighting for the same thing: better conditions and a better quality of life. It must be understood...