Word: domainã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...idea that the city should take the property by eminent domain?? which allows the city to take a property from a private owner, while requiring the city to pay “market value”—several councillors were skeptical last night...
...committee members urged their neighbors to lobby the council to take the site from Harvard by “eminent domain??—a rarely-used but potent law that permits municipalities to take land and pay market rate...
Some residents have said that their goal is to make the site into a park and hope to do so by having the city of Cambridge declare “eminent domain?? and forcibly buy the property back from Harvard. Although such an extreme move is unlikely, that it was even proposed shows the deep distrust and anger that local residents feel toward the University. Harvard must not be deterred by this opposition; it should continue to push forward with a full-sized art museum and make sure the museum and the amenities it offers do more...
...study committee member Cob Carlson, who had a green file folder labelled “eminent domain?? poking out of his bag last night, said that so far the city has been less than receptive to the neighborhood’s wishes...