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...shared environment.” She added that pedestrian safety was also a major factor in the decision to approve the donation. “It’s great to see Harvard step up to the plate,” said City Councillor Henrietta Davis. All five of the areas to be renovated will have their cobblestone sidewalks and paved streets leveled out. Additional streetlights will also be added. The Lampoon Plaza will include a landscaped island to help pedestrians cross Mt. Auburn Street. But Genny E. Orr ’08 said she did not see the Plaza...
...project, which faced funding difficulties, aims to make the Square more pedestrian-friendly. Harvard’s gift will help fund the installation of a walk signal by Johnston Gate and sidewalk and street enhancements by the Lampoon castle and on Palmer, Winthrop, and JFK Streets. Councillor Henrietta Davis joked that she was happy to praise Harvard for a change. “This is a really important pedestrian project,” she said. “Thank you to Harvard for stepping up to the plate.” But some Cantabrigians criticized the project. Marilyn Wellons told...
...sealable trash can, redeemable at five of Cambridge’s hardware stores. “Eliminating plastic bags overnight—that will really make a difference in terms of controlling rodents,” said Commissioner of the Department of Public Works Lisa Peterson. However, City councillor Henrietta Davis said that although focusing on trash collection day is a start, the new regulations do not tackle all the trash issues. “Trash collection only covers twelve hours but the other six and a half days of the week are the real problem,” since...
...CARTOONY” CAMBRIDGEThough the act of sharing such intimate pieces might have been frightening, the atmosphere at the opening was full of quirky Cambridge locals who found the miniatures intriguing.“I think that this is really unique,” says City Councillor Henrietta Davis of the exhibition. “I’ve never seen an exhibit that focused on the small world. It gives you a completely different perspective…I think that we’re all ‘Mc-Mansioned’ out, and it’s good...
Cambridge City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker took University representatives to task for playing needless power politics at a town-gown showdown yesterday morning at City Hall. The hearing, focusing on Harvard’s construction work on the new graduate student housing site across from Mather House, follows months of mitigation meetings where city residents have repeatedly demanded access to reports about the project’s effects on air and soil quality. “The fact that you won’t give them to the community makes me want them even more,” Decker said...