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...even need legislation before doing anything," said Robert Bowyer, chief of the Cambridge Planning Office, referring to an 1836 law which forbids any action that might "disturb" the Common. "The Common has been wrapped up in legal things since Colonial days...
According to Bowyer, environmental considerations have become at least as important a factor as economics in any decision on the project. A number of citizens, he said, had expressed concern that the Common's appearance might not be improved by concrete ramp entrances protruding from the park...
Aesthetics also dictate that a decision be made soon on the garage, Bowyer said. Construction must being by 1973 if the Common is to have an unscarred appearance when the Kennedy Center opens...
They've wanted a long time for the city to make up its mind," Bowyer said last week. He speculated that the developers had renewed their construction efforts this summer in an effort to jog city officials and local groups into a more receptive mood for suggestions...
...Bowyer also announced last week that Cambridge had agreed to cooperate with the Kennedy Center in building an on-site parking garage. On the basis of traffic surveys studied over the summer, he said that new parking, facilities were urgently needed. "A good amount of the traffic in the Square is cruising for space," Bowyer commented. "And 50 per cent of the traffic, so far as we can tell, has a destination in Harvard Square." The Kennedy Center garage will harbor at least 600 cars...