Word: central
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Walsh said that rezoning will enable MIT to provide more housing for the Central Square area, particularly for lower income residents who have been assigned 150 spaces in University Park. "The area has been vacant for the last 14 years and done nothing for Cambridge," says Walsh. The councillor adds that the additional automobile traffic will be handled smoothly by improved traffic arteries...
...residents of Central Square are happy with the MIT proposal. Austin Elder Jr., a 53-year resident of Cambridge says that MIT and Harvard are the problems, not the solution to improving Central Square...
Despite opposition from those who fear the negative impact of urban improvement, the revitalization of Central Square, like that of Harvard and Kendall Squares, proceeds on schedule...
...city leaders work to attract upscale business to the commercial district by improving the Central Square landscape, they face the dilemmas that have plagued other revitalization projects in the past--rising rents and dislocation of lower and moderate income residents. In the meantime, with the Salvation Army Thrift Store and posh boutiques existing side by side, contrasts remain...
...Anthony B. Abruzese, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Division of Water Supply. Federal standards limit lead concentrations in water to 50 parts per billion, although Abruzese said any water with more than 20 parts per billion is unsafe. He added that drinking severely contaminated water can damage the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, and kidneys...