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Last December, the city’s Planning Board approved Harvard’s proposal to build a total of 328 apartments in two sites in the Riverside neighborhood—an area with a contentious history of town-gown relations. University officials said at the time that they hoped to begin building this spring...
...exhibit at Kensington Palace in London through July. The display features 12 couture outfits worn by Elizabeth and celebrates Her Majesty's diverse and sometimes quirky style, from the drab Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform she donned during World War II to the glamorous black velvet evening gown she wore to The Battle of the River Plate opening in 1956, where she met Monroe. Also in the exhibition is the full-length black lace dress with matching veil the Queen wore when she met Pope John XXIII at the Vatican in 1961. Perhaps an exhibit will one day feature what...
From a town-gown relations standpoint, the increased PILOT will help Harvard get back on the Cambridge government’s good side after years of acrimonious debate over the fee. Coupled with progress made in coexisting and communicating with residents of the Riverside and Agassiz neighborhoods, Harvard’s stock with city residents and local government officials has rarely reached such heights. That said, it is unfair that Cambridge should essentially bully Harvard into paying pacification money—in exchange for better town-gown relations—long before the former PILOT agreement was scheduled...
...cooperation and trust is key. By asking for a renegotiation of the PILOT many years in advance, Cambridge breached this trust. And Harvard administrators, perhaps rightly, chose to cave. What worth the University wrings in the future from this new agreement and the attendant improvement in town-gown relations remains to be seen. For $255 million over 50 years, funds that could be utilized elsewhere, we expect a lot from Harvard’s obstinate host...
...world, there's nothing simpler than selling stuff via the online auction site and then shipping it out. But not for all of them. "It seems like a pain in the neck," says Rosalie Labovitch, a fashion consultant from West London, who wanted to sell a cashmere dressing gown but didn't want to deal with the nuts and bolts of the process. "I lead a very busy life. I just want to get rid." With no time to write a blurb and take digital photos of the gown, submit them to eBay, monitor the auction, and await payment before...