Word: guernsey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While others like Billy wait outside, Stewart Guernsey moves around in the basement downstairs. His faded blue overalls drag on the ground as he pulls out mattresses from a stack in the corner, sorts through bedding and organizes a staff of volunteers. With his unassuming manner and style of dress, few would distinguish him from the frequenters of the shelter. Even fewer would guess that he is a first-year Harvard Divinity School student...
...Guernsey is largely responsible for the existence of the 66 Winthrop St. Shelter, which opened last week without a city permit or compliance to many city zoning and health regulations. He sees the opening of the spot--just one block from four River Houses--as "stepping into a breach" to fill a need for shelter which the city has ignored...
...shelter is temporary, designed to provide the homeless of Harvard Square with a place to sleep indoors until the cold weather ends. It is scheduled to close on April 17. Conveniently, the city of Cambridge has decided not to take action against the shelter for 60 days, Guernsey says. He calls it "a nice compromise...
...have to turn some people," said Stewart Guernsey, the first year Divinity student directing the project, as a group of men walked into the church...
...group of Harvard Square ministers, Guernsey, and Graybill were originally scheduled to meet yesterday morning with Vellucci and other city officials, who failed to show...