Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Much of the neighborhood surrounding the plant's site is blighted and in bad need of renewal. The housing project with its 500 units of low and moderate income housing provides at least some of that renewal and a barrier to future expansion.
But arguments about cheap kilowattage and reliable service aren't very attractive to the people who must live with the power plant in their backyard. There was a time when the Francis St. area residents who live closest to the site could have stopped this power plant--or any medical...
In fact, the University even surrendered the lease on a valuable parcel of land nearby for the construction of a mixed-income housing project. This project would allow RTH residents to move from their homes to cheaper, modern housing. The housing project would thus clear the way for the hospital...
But John Grady and John Murphy don't buy what Lerner, Fitzgerald or Harvard is saying. Grady lives on the other side of Huntington Ave., the non-RTH side. He represents the Residents United to Stop Harvard, the most vocal opposition to the power plant's construction and to Harvard...
Other projects Arthurs will consider include closer coordination of the departmental and House advising networks, expansion of the freshman orientation program for minority students and the development of pre-law and pre-business advising programs modeled after the current system of pre-medical advising. In addition, she plans to explore...