Word: carbarn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...York architect by the name of I. M. Pei to design the building. The Cambridge City Council and Harvard had both welcomed Pei's plans; officials went happily about their business, waiting for construction to begin. But when the MBTA was forced to find an alternate location for its carbarn, nobody was selling. Almost a dozen neighborhoods rejected the agency's proposals, refusing to change local zoning laws. As each neighborhood turned the MBTA down, frustration levels rose, Crane says. By 1970, however, rounds of negotiations with Boston officials proved fruitful, a site was secured, and the state spent...
Keefe said Carbarn's request "seems to contradict" their acceptance of that decision, adding, "The case has no legitimacy and there is no worthwhile purpose in pursuing...
Chermayeff said that Carbarn "thinks the competition is still going on and their project is still viable. I'm surprised because they don't have any basis for a case," he added...
Neither Benjamin Thompson Associates nor K. Dun Gifford, spokesmen for the Carbarn Company, were available for comment yesterday...
Debate over the two projects last spring focused on the emphasis of retail and resident space in each proposal. Carbarn stressed residential space, proposing 125 more apartment units than Carpenter but some 80,000 square feet less of retail space...