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...ideological impasse over a Harvard-sponsored residential development project in Allston has inflamed long-standing criticisms about the role of the Boston Redevelopment Authority—an especially pertinent topic given that Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, facing his most competitive mayoral race in years, is standing at the center of the controversy...
...Charlesview Redevelopment, a proposed housing complex to be built southwest of Harvard’s planned Allston campus, is nearing BRA approval after years of delays. But neighborhood activists are attacking the plan, saying that it squeezes too much onto too little land. They are calling on Harvard to commit more of its area landholdings to the project—property not designated for any future institutional use—and say that the University will only acquiesce at the Mayor’s request...
According to an e-mailed statement from HUPD spokesman Steven Catalano, one deputy chief will oversee day-to-day operations on the Allston and Longwood campuses and one will perform the same duties on the Cambridge campus...
Some community members reiterated long-standing concerns about the height and density of the proposed new apartments, as well as what they perceive to be an insufficient amount of commercial and open space in the City’s plan to redevelop Allston. Others called on top University officials to address residents personally at future meetings...
...Shapiro, angrily denounced the repeated delays and said that the current buildings are in “unlivable” condition. At one point, she presented a plastic bag containing two dead rats that she said she had found in her apartment—drawing gasps and glares from Allston residents...