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...Sussex is in some sense livelier than Harvard, Livesey says, in that the University feeds off the energy of nearby Brighton, the center of music and new media industries in the United Kingdom...
...issue that warrants Faust’s closest attention is Harvard’s expansion across the Charles. Over the next 50 years, Harvard will completely change the neighborhoods of North Allston and Brighton with its multi-billion dollar expansion. Already Harvard has had an enormous effect on the area by deciding not to renew the tenancy of many buildings along the Western Avenue corridor, effectively putting many Allston shops out of business. Most commonly, Harvard takes an “ends justify the means” approach to its practices, arguing that despite a few broken eggs along...
...many Allston and Brighton residents, however, that news is hardly satisfying. North Allston and Brighton are largely working-class neighborhoods—resource-poor in terms of money, but resource-rich in terms of its diverse residents. If Harvard expands without concern for the residents of Allston and Brighton, many Allston residents (particularly those that rent their homes) will be priced out of the area and will have to move. For homeowners, the value of their house will rise, but the community that they joined will disappear, and in its place will be an inaccessible campus that resembles the bricked...
...Change happens, and no matter what, Allston and Brighton are not going to retain the same composition of residents or community feel after Harvard arrives en masse. There are many types of change, however, and Harvard can either act apathetically toward the current community, or it can be receptive to residents’ needs and desires...
...Harvard’s expansion into Allston and Brighton may be the most direct action that President Faust has control over, but there are other subjects about which the University’s social consciousness is crucial...