Word: csb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staff is correct to be concerned about the future of The Tasty. It has many loyal patrons, and its (expensive) food lives up to its name. The staff is also correct that the building which houses The Tasty desperately needs renovation. I would hope, along with the staff, that CSB can renovate the building successfully, while guaranteeing The Tasty a continued spot...
Nonetheless, the staff misses the point: they want to save The Tasty because it is the only 24-hour restaurant in the Square, and has been so since time out of mind. A better approach is to defend The Tasty against CSB in the name of community good will and to advocate a capitalist approach to restaurants in the Square...
...reason the restaurant is a subject of recent debate is that its building's owner, Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB), wants to demolish the structure that houses the friendly burger joint, along with the other buildings on the corner of JFK St. and Mass. Ave. Opponents of the bank's project argue that the corner should be declared an historical district. President of the Harvard Square Defense Fund, Pebble Glifford, opposes the CSB because a historical district "is good for business, I think one of the reasons people come here is history," she said...
...Tasty stays, fine. But if CSB opts to out the eatery by raising rent to an unaffordable price, then we believe that, by all means, the JFK St. corner should be declared an historical district...