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Armed with a lengthy PowerPoint presentation and an array of colorful maps of Allston, BRA Chief Architect Bob Kroin laid out a series of plans to address what he said were the three main goals distilled from previous CWP discussions: increasing the Charles River’s accessibility to Allston, connecting currently disparate neighborhoods with green pathways and street networks, and aggregating commercial and cultural activity along Western Ave. at several focal points...
...Read, a senior planner for the BRA, followed Kroin’s presentation by describing possible improvements to public transportation in Allston. These included the construction of an MBTA commuter rail station at the southern edge of the neighborhood as well as the development of a circular rapid bus transit system around Boston that would improve Allston’s already-extensive bus network...
Kroin emphasized that none of the ideas presented at the meeting were set in stone and that the BRA hoped the plans would inspire further community discussion and input. Following the presentations, meeting attendees split into three breakout discussion groups to discuss their ideas and concerns more closely with BRA officials...
Harry Mattison, a local resident and a Harvard Allston Task Force member, said after the meeting that while the presentation was intended to be a broad overview, he would rather the BRA focus more on specific development issues such as the Charlesview apartment relocation and not plans that “may or may not happen in 10 or 20 years...
...face.The film version of “The Informers” is by no means bashful, even next to “American Psycho.” A rock star chokes a whore and punches her in the face. Christie (Amber Heard) rarely wears a top. Or a bra. In just about every other area, though, there is no comparing the two. For one thing, “The Informers,” a loosely connected series of short stories, doesn’t lend itself nearly as easily to screen adaptation as “American Psycho?...