Word: constructionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"I regret that it happened," City Councilor David Wylie, an early opponent of the Observatory Hill construction, said yesterday.
In the spring of 1978, Wylie introduced a resolution asking Harvard to re-evaluate its 1974 long-range building plans and requested a written agreement from the University to suspend any new construction for nine months. The resolution passed but Harvard refused to sign an agreement, so construction began last...
The controversy began in the spring of 1977, when Observatory Hill residents learned of Radcliffe's plans to apply for a building permit. Many residents at the time contended that Harvard construction would disrupt the neighborhoods with congestion and change the city's landscape.
A later meeting between the city's planning board and Harvard planners to limit the construction's effect on residential areas proved fruitless. "They were very disappointed that nothing came of it," Wylie added. Former Mayor Alfred E. Velluci declared "a state of emergency" in response to Radcliffe's building...
The council came close to stopping the complex's construction in spring 1978 when a resolution requiring a moratorium on Harvard construction failed to get the necessary six votes from the council members.