Word: gately
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latest phase in the Red Line extension (1). the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shut down the Harvard/Holyoke stations along Mass, Ave, and the Harvard/Brattle station near the K School. In their place, they opened up new terminals on Church St. and outside Johnston Gate. The shift was only the most visible sign of progress in the sprawling project, which has gutted the Square for five years and is expected to continue for another 18 months. The Square work is part of a $72 million project, which by 1986 will stretch subway service north beyond Harvard through Porter and Davis Squares...
Harvard's newest and smallest building was completed in early July. The live loot by live-foot-by-five-foor gatchouse inside Johnson Gate (8) was the end product of three years of haggling 800 designs by one of the Boston area's most prominent architects, and $25,000 from University coffers...
...gatehouse talks did not start smoothly. The commission did not feel that the traffic was a problem, but it was unable to persuade University officials. The University first wanted to simply add a gatehouse directly to the gate--similar to the setup behinbd Widener. But they could not persuade commission members, who thought that would be unfair tempering with antique material...
...seems like a simplified case of the Best and the Brightest using intricate formulas and training to create a project that, to the average Joe, at least, is wrong. The historical commission voted 5 to 1 to issue a "certificate of appropriateness," but few passersby walk through Johnston Gate without a giggle or a smirk. "Cookie house" is a common label floating around the Yard. One employee asked for the designs so he could build a doll house for his daughter, Scott, who says he himself is pleased with the final product, concedes that some might not be so enamored...
...question is: What type of citizen is John Harvard? Is he a good neighbor? Does he hide behind the ivory or is he a committed and responsible member of the world that exists on the other side of the gate...