Word: bostons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...million increase in payments to Boston reflects an increased Harvard presence in the Boston neighborhood of Allston and a mutual desire to improve town-gown relations...
Though it has taken some time, the agreement with Boston heralds a new era in Harvard-Boston relations marked by Grogan's appointment last January and a renewed desire on both sides to settle old scores, according to Boston and University officials...
...Relations with Boston are probably the best they have ever been," Fineberg added...
Grogan has held a number of senior posts in the Boston city government, where he managed housing, social services, job training and neighborhood economic development programs. He was also director of the Neighborhood Development and Employment Agency...
...assumed the Harvard post when relations with Boston were fraught with tension. Relations had gone downhill in 1997, when the University announced that it had secretly purchased 52.6 acres in Allston. Working through a Boston real estate developer, Harvard bought $88 million worth of land over nine years, concealing its real identity to prevent sellers from overcharging the wealthy University...