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First, a brief history. This past summer, Harvard gave up its plans to build a contemporary art museum on the site of Mahoney’s Garden Center, which currently leases the site from the University. The project would have required an easement (see Center for Government and International Studies) under Hingham Street—a virtual impossibility given the strong opposition from local residents, one of whom promised at an early meeting, “If you build it, we’re going to bomb it.” The residents of the Riverside neighborhood have every reason...
...unlikely that the museum plan was dropped due to neighborhood opposition. The departures of former University President Neil L. Rudenstine and University Art Museums Director James Cuno have reduced support for art at Harvard. More importantly, the museum required an easement for contruction under a public street, and given the Center for Government and International Studies easement defeat, Harvard realized it was unlikely to get an easment for the museum...
...past seven months, the lone problem has been the tunnel, which planners have described as crucial to CGIS—but it has also become the project’s Achilles’ heel, as obtaining the easement for the tunnel requires permission from two-thirds of the Cambridge city council...
...There a has been a focus of effort recently on gaining the necessary support from the city council for the easement for the tunnel,” Power said, referring to the proposed tunnel under Cambridge Street that would connect the two CGIS buildings...
After the meeting Harvard officials said they had expected the council would not let the tunnel go forward last night. An easement to dig the tunnel remains the final hurdle before construction on CGIS can get underway...