Word: cooped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard Cooperative Society has turned its back on a petition of 400 members to save a 140-year old home on Palmer St. from destruction. The building was razed this week to clear room for a proposed four-story Coop annex; which will contain an enlarged book store and administrative offices...
Sheldon Dietz, a Square businessman, and one of the leading opponents of the destruction, said last night that the Coop's action "proved their disinterest in esthetics. They have violated city planning and architectural principles preached by their mother institution, and have been stiff-necked and inflexible in their commitment to their original bad plan...
Dietz said, however that if the Coop's new design does not violate any portion of the city zoning code, "no one could raise much of an objection. But if the Coop follows the procedure of seeking special privilege, they could get some opposition...
Teele said that the Coop would look into the possibility of appealing the Board's ruling. However, an informed source said last night that there is no legal provision for an appeal in such a case...
...most vociferous opposition to the Coop's proposed building came from the Church Street Trust, a three-man group headed by Sheldon Dietz '41. They opposed the old plans because the Coop proposed to raze the 120-year-old Hawkins Building, which it purchased last summer...