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...combination indicates "the demise of the neighborhoods" explains Martin C. Boster, former chairman of the city Democratic committee "If you go around to the neighborhoods where there used to be blue collar workers and people of color, they're not there anymore," adds City Councilor Saundra Graham...
...condos were counted in the census, the 1980 results indicate 2191 such units 10 years later. Some are occupied by tenants who purchased their apartments as condos; others are rented by the new white-collar crowd. But together they represent almost enough votes to elect a city councilor (2504 votes was enough...
...Wilkes fell short of the total number of votes required by Cambridge's Hare proportional voting system. When she finally was eliminated in the tallying, most of her votes transferred to Independents (i.e. voters who supported Wilkes first, backed Independents as second choices). A major beneficiary was incumbent City Councilor Thomas W. Danehy, whose North Cambridge neighborhood is experiencing gentrification similar to that in the eastern sector of the city...
This massive demographic shift will probably benefit the two candidates who have emerged as advocates for the lower-and middle-classes, city councilor Raymond L. Flynn, and former state Rep. Melvin H. King, the only Black candidate in the field. Flynn comes from South Boston, King from Roxbury--both considered among the poorest regions in Boston. The two finished second and fourth respectively in a recent poll...
University-City communication was also the focus of Councilor David A Wylie's recommendation that Cambridge hire an architect to give design consultation on the Fogg Museum's proposed bridge-over Broadway...