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...October, the City of Boston approved the University’s science complex in Allston. In November, Harvard finalized the purchase of the Charlesview Apartments, ending three years of negotiations and giving the University access to a five-acre plot that will serve as the entrance to its proposed campus. And, in March, Boston and Harvard officials signed the cooperation agreement—a document outlining benefits the University will provide to the area over the next decade—finally allowing them to break ground on the science complex...
...Notwithstanding Harvard’s shady dealings in the original acquisition of Allston property during the nineties, the University led by President Drew G. Faust has been extremely receptive to the community’s needs and desires. In a land-swap deal with the owners of the Charlesview apartments, a low-income housing complex that sits on a plot of land central to the development project, Harvard has demonstrated that it had come full circle in its dealing with Allston residents—as part of the deal, Harvard agreed to erect highly subsidized replacement housing units nearby...
...acres of land in Allston under a subsidiary with a different name—an action that residents still refer to as an example of Harvard’s underhanded approach to expanding. Neighbors also point to Harvard’s land swap with the owner of the Charlesview Apartment complex—where the University will fund development without involving themselves in the actual development planning—as another instance of Harvard’s head-in-the-clouds approach...
...will establish the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund, which will allocate half a million dollars in grants over the next five years to neighborhood improvement, health, and education initiatives. But Mattison said he was still unimpressed with Harvard’s efforts to work with the community, citing the Charlesview relocation project—an ongoing subject of negotiations between Harvard and the community since 2003—as evidence of the University’s disinterest in building community relations. “It’s a huge project and Harvard’s bending over backwards to refuse...
...planners of the Charlesview redevelopment project defended their proposal at a public meeting last night, justifying the buildings’ height and the high density of the planned residence by citing local housing demand and space constraints—but Allston residents remained critical. As part of a land swap finalized in November, Charlesview—a low-cost, five-acre apartment complex currently located next to Harvard Business School—will be moved to a 6.9-acre plot further down Western Avenue. Sporting stickers that read “I support Charlesview, but not this proposal...