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...that I first met Josephine Fiorentino—then chair of the board of directors for the Charlesview Apartments—she spoke with passion about the historical importance of the 213-unit affordable housing development as a community within Allston. She did not meet with me to dwell on the past or to bemoan the difficult challenges of operating an aging housing complex like Charlesview. She made it abundantly clear that what she and her fellow Charlesview board members were focused on was the long term future of Charlesview; and that, they thought, involved Harvard...
Josephine knew that Harvard was beginning to actively engage with the Allston neighborhood and the City of Boston in a community planning process that centered around the University’s long-term aspirations for growth. Given the obvious intersection of interests and timelines, Josephine explained, it seemed worthwhile for Charlesview and Harvard to begin to consider their shared future in Allston...
...Corner”—the intersection of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue just beyond the edge of the Harvard Business School campus—to become a vibrant crossroads for a growing campus was clear. It could become a new hub of the long-established Allston neighborhood with amenities for the entire community. Within the broader context of the North Allston neighborhood planning process, the possibility was raised for the current Charlesview site to be transformed to a new cultural gateway that would welcome Allston to the Harvard campus. The residents of Charlesview, along with their neighbors...
Leaders of the Committee on University Resources (COUR), the group gathered that morning, say that the majority of alumni and donors were attached to the agenda put forward by former President Lawrence H. Summers—a plan that includes a major expansion into Allston, a focus on undergraduate life and teaching, and an emphasis on research in the life sciences. Members of the COUR’s executive committee who spoke to The Crimson about the meeting say leaders of the group want a president who is committed to Summers’ vision...
...this October. To hold its energy consumption constant over the next year alone, FAS would have to reduce its consumption per square foot from its current level—about 45 kilowatts, according to the EAC report—to under 41 kilowatts. And then, there’s Allston. The Allston campus—which will nearly double Harvard’s current size—won’t lie entirely within the domain of FAS. And the University has committed to environmental sustainability across the River. Still, according to EAC co-chair Jake C. Levine...