Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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HARVARD has temporarily put its plans to build a new hotel on the former site of the Gulf station on hold--at least until a review by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is complete. The University agreed to listen to faculty proposals after several professors, citing a severe shortage of library and office space for faculty members, argued that the lot could be put to better...
...days after Christmas, when the wrecking crews were called in to tear down the Gulf station, students were on vacation, the City Councilors were on holiday, and many city residents were away visiting family. In short, no one was around to put up a fuss...
Putting a hotel on the Gulf station site would upset the balance. The bustle and commotion of the Square's western end--now relatively self-contained--would be pushed outward, destroying the area's neighborhood atmosphere...
...three-member committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is currently investigating possible academic uses for the Quincy Square site formerly occupied by the Gulf station...
...debate which flared up this fall around the University's proposal for building a hotel at the old Gulf station site highlighted the pressing need for increased library space and faculty offices, and professors say they will continue to press the University to allocate its resources more toward academic needs than profit-making ventures...