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Harvard’s Allston Initiative, the group that administers grants to projects such as Allston Brighton Arts Bridge, initially prepared the town for the several new buildings that were slated for construction in Allston as Harvard continues its expansion. Due to the economic downturn and numerous cuts in the...
Harvard will halt construction of the Allston Science Complex indefinitely in early spring 2010 after the structure’s foundation is completed but before the building becomes ready for tenants, according to a letter sent by University President Drew G. Faust to the community early yesterday afternoon.
The move, approved Monday by the University’s highest governing body, leaves uncertain what form the science complex will take and casts confusion on the construction timeline of an expansion already plagued by delay and resident concerns.
The pause follows Harvard’s announcement in February that it would slow construction of the Science Complex while it examined various options and timelines for completing the project. At the time, Allston residents criticized the University for slowing construction while Harvard-owned properties in the neighborhood sat vacant...
The Allston Science Complex is the first component of Harvard’s ambitious 50-year plan to construct an extension of its campus across the Charles River and was intended to serve as a hub for stem cell research and interdisciplinary science. Faust’s letter stated that...