Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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All four of the structures are included on the National Register of Historic Places. The earliest--the Joseph Reed House--dates from about 1780, while Farwell's store, at the main intersection, was built in 1792. The four separate, three-story structures were connected behind a single store front in...
"I am not pleased that these historic buildings are going to be torn down," City Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55 said. "I'm also not pleased that this plan was not announced before having meetings with citizen and community groups like the Harvard Square Defense Fund. So I think two...
"Anybody who wants to tear down historic buildings in Harvard Square has a lot to answer for," Duehay said.
But Hemner, who designed the plans for the proposed construction, said he had been in the process of "quiet discussions" with the Harvard Square Defense Fund and the Cambridge Historic Commission well before news of the proposal was leaked to local media last week.
"[Cambridge Savings Bank] ha[s] floated a proposal and now they're getting reaction to that," Reeves said. "It's very clear to me that Harvard Square is one of the most historic squares in the world. Now Paris doesn't just go tearing down the Eiffel Tower. We have...