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What will be a surprise, however, is that the BRA is in effect saying no to Boston Edison, something akin to handing down a trust busting order to a monopoly...
...steam power plant should be constructed on Brookline Ave. in the middle of some of the finest hospitals in the world," Murphy has contended at hearings throughout the summer. Instead, Murphy offers his own joint proposal with MASCO wherein the institutions would build their own steam plant and Edison would continue to supply power through a transformer station that could be constructed a few blocks away...
Although Murphy and Grady are both in favor of the housing projects, neither buys the contention that the homes are contingent on the plant's construction. Grady calls the linkup blackmail, while Murphy contends that because Edison is supplying electricity to the housing, only a small steam unit is needed for the housing...
...more potent Edison will try to stop demolition--but with court cases, not imagery. Murphy says that Edison is willing to take Harvard to the Supreme Judicial Court to gain an injunction if the University tries to demolish any of the buildings on the site. Murphy cites a few loose-ends in Harvard's case: "Nobody has ever proven that the area in question is really blighted and the original urban renewal plan says that area is meant for rehabilitation and not the installation of a large industrial facility." He says Edison is optimistic about winning the challenge in court...
...stubborn resistance to busing is largely based in Irish-Catholic working-class neighborhoods such as South Boston and Charlestown, where whites want little to do with what they perceive as the alien and threatening culture of inner-city blacks. Says Maurice Gillen, a meter reader for Boston Edison and a community leader...