Word: hillings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...something I drive by and say, 'Oh, look at those lovely tennis courts,'" Observatory Hill resident Joseph Inglefinger said yesterday. "Suddenly your whole view from your house has changed...
...regret that it happened," City Councilor David Wylie, an early opponent of the Observatory Hill construction, said yesterday...
...controversy began in the spring of 1977, when Observatory Hill residents learned of Radcliffe's plans to apply for a building permit. Many residents at the time contended that Harvard construction would disrupt the neighborhoods with congestion and change the city's landscape...
...limit the construction's effect on residential areas proved fruitless. "They were very disappointed that nothing came of it," Wylie added. Former Mayor Alfred E. Velluci declared "a state of emergency" in response to Radcliffe's building plans and to Harvard's long-range proposal for more Observatory Hill construction...
...joined forces in groups like the Neighborhood Nine Association and the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association. Although the two groups began fighting for the same issue, they split up in a dispute as to whether the residents should push for an end to all Harvard construction or just the Observatory Hill complex...