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Allston residents demanded further revisions to the planned relocation of the Charlesview Apartments, while others who live in the complex urged that the plan go forward at a crowded and contentious Monday meeting -- the first public discussion since Harvard agreed to add 1.74 acres of land to the proposed new home for the apartments...
...current Charlesview Apartments, an aging concrete complex that sits at the entrance of the University’s new Allston campus, is slated to be relocated as part of a land swap agreement with the University, filed in February of 2008. The first redevelopment design proposed 12 taller buildings spread across 6.91 acres of Harvard-owned property about a half-mile away on Western Avenue at the Brighton Mills shopping center. The new plans -- proposed in July by non-profit developers Charlesview Inc. and The Community Builders -- would instead have more than double that number of low-rise buildings...
...Caracas Par for the Course Hugo Chávez is not a fan of golf. Since the Venezuelan President derided the "bourgeois sport" on state television last month, his supporters have rallied to close two of the nation's best-known courses and use the land for housing, according to the New York Times. "I respect all sports," Chávez declared. "But there are sports, and there are sports...
...Since Aug. 21, Greeks have watched in horror as walls of fire have sped toward heavily populated villages and suburbs on the fringes of Athens. Tens of thousands of people have temporarily fled their homes, and more than 37,000 acres of land - including some of the last forest near the capital city - has gone up in smoke. At least 150 homes have been damaged, although, so far, there have been no casualties. (See pictures of Greece's wildfires...
...Environmental groups in Greece complain that in the wake of the 2007 fires, there have been no substantial education initiatives or forestry work. They also blame land developers for setting fires to clear land, especially in the heavily populated areas near Athens. Greece bans building in forest areas but has no official record of which areas are protected, along with a poor record of enforcing the ban in areas devastated by fire...