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Concerns about how construction of the University’s 500,000 square foot science complex in Allston might negatively impact the Boston neighborhood marked a meeting of the Harvard Allston Task Force Wednesday night. During the meeting between Harvard officials, Boston officials, and the task force??17 mayor-appointed local residents—Harvard planners outlined the ways in which construction of the science complex would impact the area. University officials estimate that over the three to four years that it will take to complete construction of the proposed science complex, up to 1,000 workers will...
Monday’s meeting came two weeks after members of the Harvard Allston Task Force??a Mayor-appointed group of 17 community residents—distributed a community benefits matrix that proposed benefits in several categories—ranging from education to green space—that the University could offer as it expands its presence in Allston...
...concern—Harvard is not, and should not function as a philanthropic organization or a proxy city government. The matrix, however, is not a list of demands but rather a compilation of all the ideas that have been put forward up to this point, according to the task force??s chair Ray Mellone...
With construction on the Allston science complex slated to begin this fall, the benefits proposed by the Harvard-Allston Task Force??a group of 17 local residents appointed by the Boston mayor—will be incorporated into a legally binding document that outlines the benefits the University must provide to the neighborhood. The “cooperation agreement,” which does not have to be completed before Harvard begins construction in Allston, will be signed by the University and the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...place within the general education hierarchy raises grave concerns not only about the sincerity of the General Education program’s original goals—which, so it would seem, necessitate some historical literacy—but more importantly about the legitimacy of those goals themselves. The Task Force??s preliminary report emphasized the importance and inherent value of so-called “liberal learning,” defined as the “free inquiry undertaken without concern for topical relevance or vocational utility”—a phrase that was, perhaps...