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...Harvard officials in 2003 and materialized into an agreement with Charlesview officials in 2007. But the plan languished as it underwent continuous revisions and community input meetings, and a vocal contingent of community leaders had criticized the plan, suggesting that the project would create an income-segregated North Allston neighborhood...
...announcement that the BRA had approved the relocation of the Charlesview Apartments elicited similar reactions from Allston residents. After a long struggle to have their voices heard, the ending has been disappointing for many...
Despite such efforts, many Allston residents thought the plan could have seen further improvement. At the final community input meeting in December, McHale and other Allston residents proposed a ten-point plan to improve the design, which included allowing space for backyards in the housing units and moving a nearby McDonald’s to make room for a more attractive plaza on Western Avenue. The residents wanted “more of a neighborhood feel,” McHale had said at the meeting...
...Allston-Brighton Task Force Member and Allston resident Bruce E. Houghton took a more moderate view, emphasizing his “disappointment that there wasn’t greater improvement in the site itself...
McHale’s optimistic outlook in the face of recent disappointment appears to be one shared by many Allston community leaders. In the face of letdowns, the Allston community has forged ahead with different community projects...