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...Arboretum Assailed Over Plans for Land,” news...
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...
Community members weighed in on the most recent development plans for Harvard-owned properties located next to the Arnold Arboretum at a meeting in the Boston neighborhood of Roslindale last night. The University plans to construct a three-story building on Weld Hill that will house administrative offices and labs specializing in genetic and environmental research. The project is estimated to cost a total of $29 million. Harvard submitted its first proposals in March 2003, but allowed the project to lapse before refocusing its attention on the site this fall. “There was a sort of hold...
...help is on the way, at least for America's vegetation, in the form of the Center for Plant Conservation, which has its headquarters at Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum. With seed money of $500,000, the center has begun an unprecedented program, by far the most comprehensive to date, that aims to preserve every kind of threatened plant...