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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many Cantabrigians accept Walsh's arguments. Many others, especially those who are tenants and not landlords, fear the spread of condos so much that they are making it the biggest issue in this fall's municipal election. "Contrast it with what's been happening in Boston where Mayor (Kevin) White has been able to quiet it all down," Sullivan said. "Condos and rent control are the kinds of issues that are important to focus on," he continues, "because they allow us to get at the contradictions in voting for the independent candidates." The independent city councilors are often lined...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Condo: It's a Fighting Word | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Which brings us to, or leaves us with, Kevin "I-built-Quincy-Market" White. White, a benevolent-looking, white-haired man who will turn 50 the day of the preliminary election, has commanded the troops in City Hall for the past 12 years. Is White a glutton for punishment? The mayor, his aides whisper in your ear, has led the city through the worst of times (i.e. the civil war to desegrate the city's schools) and now wants to guide his city into the 1980's. White is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in office and, if enough people...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Everybody Wants to Be Mayor | 9/13/1979 | See Source »

...statehouse as-get this-the "hub of the solar system." The same spirit lingers yet in Boston and was glimpsed this year when the city exploded with indignation at a proposal to move its Gilbert Stuart portraits of George and Martha Washington to Washington, D.C. Horrors, said Boston Mayor Kevin White: "Everybody knows Washington has no culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Local Chauvinism: Long May It Rave | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

Councilor Kevin Crane '72 voted against the bill, calling it "purely political." He was joined in his opposition by Walter J. Sullivan and Mayor Thomas W, Danehy. Lawrence Frisoli, a first-term member of the council, was on vacation in Europe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Council Keeps Alive Condominium Proposal | 7/17/1979 | See Source »

...effort to catch up, Mayor Kevin White has hired Benjamin Thompson, the architect who renovated Quincy Market, to devise a plan for the theater district. So far, at least four major buildings -offices and part of the Tufts-New England Medical Center-are scheduled to rise near the combat zone. Boston once pulled off a revolution; it may yet find the means to manage a renaissance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Culture Drought on the Charles | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

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