Word: basins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scheme of a local real estate operator to put apartments or even factories on a platform over the Charles River basin seemed like a joke last year--at least like small enough a threat so that the City Council felt safe in voting its approval of the project...
...Basin Used for Sailing...
This land is privately owned, and used to be a part of Cambridge, until, in 1903, the Metropolitan District Commission was authorized to dam up the mouth of the Charles and flood the area now known as the Basin...
They point out that the platform on stilts would virtually destroy the recreational and aesthetic value of the Basin, on which millions of dollars have been spent for development...
Several fleets of small boats use the Basin for sailing and Harvard's home crew races are held on a course which starts near the proposed platform site. The esplanade on the Boston side of the area is the scene of summer concerts and has playgrounds and other recreational facilities...