Word: basins
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...controversial proposal to put a 40-acre real estate development on a platform over the Charles River Basin will be discussed at a hearing in the Gardner Auditorium of the State House this morning...
Representatives of many Boston and Cambridge civic groups are expected to appear before the Joint Committee off Cities to oppose the proposal, which, they say, would destroy the recreational value of the Basin area. Supporters of the bill argue that it would provide an important addition to Cambridge's tax base...
Neither of these contentions, whether true or not, is the central issue in the matter. More important is that forty acres of anything--whether factory or dormitory--would take up a lot of space in the Basin, considerably lessening its beauty and value as a recreational facility...
Since the Charles River Basin and the riverbanks have been developed, with the expenditure of millions of dollars, as a sailing and general recreation area, it would be less than foresighted of the State, the MDC or the City to allow the destruction of this civic asset for a project of a questionable nature. There is still undeveloped land in Cambridge--the Rogers Block, first of the city's Urban redevelopment areas awaits an industrial developer...
Hopefully the state legislature's delay in holding a hearing on the matter will not dampen opposition to the bill. The voices of civic groups, the press and individuals should convince the state of the importance of keeping the Basin...