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Myths About Charlesview By ABRAHAM HALBFINGER Monday, December 18, 2006 10:32 PM These are important times for the residents of the Charlesview, the greater Allston-Brighton community, the city of Boston, and Harvard University. Our hope is that “controversy,” especially when it comes to the Charlesview, is put into proper context and not overstated...
...thankful that our would-be neighbors raised their own serious concerns about the proposed plans for 400 units at the small Brighton Mills site, which residents have never approved and yet the board wants to accept. The board and its silent partner apparently do not believe we deserve this right, which is all we are asking...
Much has been written in recent weeks about the Charlesview Apartments in Allston, a great deal of which has focused on controversy pitting groups against one another: Allston-Brighton versus Harvard; the Charlesview tenants versus the Charlesview board of directors, and so on. This ongoing narrative of controversy shrouds a number of important truths that should be part of the public discourse...
This leads to a second underreported truth about Charlesview: The board of directors consists of Allston-Brighton community members, and we on the board take our responsibility to our residents and neighbors seriously. There are fifteen of us—all volunteers—including two rabbis, a priest, a Methodist minister, and a former Charlesview resident. Eleven of us make our homes in Allston-Brighton. We are all veteran affordable-housing advocates who give our time, energy, and expertise because we share a passion for this community. Our mission is to provide safe and high-quality affordable housing that...
...meetings. Development committee recommendations have played a significant role in several key decisions including the rejection of Harvard’s first two land exchange proposals, the selection of an architect, and the drafting of a set of guiding principles for redevelopment and relocation. Because Harvard’s Brighton Mills proposal meets all of the guidelines agreed to by Charlesview residents in the development committee, we are now pursuing it further...