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William P. Homans, Jr.'41, attorney for the Allston group, sought a court injunction Monday prohibiting the BRA from further demolitions and evictions. Although the judge said that the case for the injunction would not be held until Sept. 1, he issued what Goldin termed an "unofficial injunction." Goldin explained that under the ruling, if the BRA attempts to evict any more people or tear down any more buildings, the court will take action against them...
Returning victorious from their crusade to Washington. North Harvard residents last night appeared optimistic about their chances of preventing the BRA from demolishing their homes...
...House Rules Committee yesterday passed a bill introduced by Senator Beryl Cohen (D-Brookline) which provides for the BRA to rehabilitate rather than destory the homes in the controversial area. The bill -which had been blocked in the Rules Committee for several days -- is scheduled to come up for an open public hearing at 1 p.m. Monday. Cohen said last night that he was "optimistic" about the bill's chances of being passed...
Right now, the single most important factor to the anti-renewal forces of North Harvard is time. The BRA will almost certainly continue to demolish vacant homes on the site today, probably including some of the substandard that Harvard owned. The more structures that are demolished, the less likely it will be that claims that the neighborhood can be rehabilitated will stand...
...House Rules Committee accepts Cohen's bill Tuesday, he believes that a Massachusetts Supreme Court judge would order the BRA to stop demolishing buildings and halt most of the evictions. But it would take until Wednesday at the earliest to get a restraining order. At the rate the BRA is tearing down buildings (this reporter's count is eight so far), most of the uninhabited structures could be gone by that time. About the only thing that would keep the BRA from knocking down everything in its way would be very strong pressure from Washington...