Word: arboretum
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...Arboretum Assailed Over Plans for Land,” news...
...ironic that Harvard University is resisting neighborhood calls to limit institutional development at the Arnold Arboretum, because Harvard itself opposed institutional development at the Arboretum’s doorstep at least two times in recent memory...
Forty years ago, when the city examined the possibility of building a public high school across from Forest Hills Station and adjacent to the Arboretum, it was Harvard that objected, saying that any such institutional development at its doorstep would encroach on open space at the Arboretum next door...
Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum’s $30 million development plans for their Weld Hill site in Roslindale are rubbing many of the local residents against the grain. The Arboretum plans to use 15 to 20 thousand square feet to house greenhouses and research laboratory space, 10 to 15 thousand square feet for their administrative buildings, a half-acre for new nursery beds, and space for 25 to 30 cars, according to its website. However, residents of the area are not happy with the proposed plans, citing the “institutional creep” that they have...
Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum is selling off a 60-acre plot of land to the town of Weston, Mass., provided the town can find the funds to meet the $27 million price tag. The Case Estates property has been a part of the Arboretum’s holdings for over 60 years now. Robert E. Cook ’68, director of the Arnold Arboretum, explained that the decision had been made to let go of the property because there was little justification for keeping it. “When I came in 17 years...