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...John F. Kennedy Library Corporation will choose Monday between a University of Massachusetts proposal to build the Kennedy Memorial at the UMass-Columbia Point campus, and a Harvard-backed proposal to keep the Kennedy archives in Harvard Square and build the museum in the Charlestown Navy Yard...
...matter where the memorial ends up it will serve as a catalyst for development. For Charlestown that will mean an unused Navy yard turned into a national historical park with a variety of projects. For Dorchester it may mean the funds needed to completely renovate the Columbia Point Housing project and build new housing...
...most part the development potential of each proposition balances out. But there are crucial points in favor of the UMass option. The people in Dorchester have recently shown a much stronger sentiment for building the memorial on Columbia Point than the residents of Cambridge or Charlestown...
Others danced to the music of Joey Val's five-man band, watched "Happy Days" and "Space: 1999" between spans of election coverage, or joined in "We Want Joe" cheers led by a small group of Charlestown women wearing styrofoam Timilty hats and Timilty banners across their chests...
Kennedy's current role cannot be downplayed. If he is in favor of a split-site plan he may be capable of scraping together the federal funds needed for the Charlestown project...