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George Rothman understands that a lot of Lane's criticisms are all in good fun. "Jerry is a rational guy; he takes everything in its own context," he says. Rothman, who has owned property in Central Square for 30 years, currently receives rent from "about 200 units in several buildings...
...once located in Harvard Square, has decided to live in the neighborhood where he works, and thus he says he has a vested interest in the Square's preservation. (Not surprisingly, however--oh, perhaps coincidentally--Smith's house and offices are located right next to the police station. Jerry Lane: "It figures...
Despite the failure of the Christmas project, the endeavor did help to focus public attention on the Square, and it did bring residents together both in the pre-holiday fabrications and perhaps also in the post-mortem vilification of Smith. (Jerry Lane: "Another schmuck...
...down places like Ken's Pub and Hunan ("You just can't find places like that in Harvard Square," says Smith), the quickie places like McDonalds' and the 24-hour Jack in the Box ("We've got our choice of 43 dreck places to eat at down here," says Lane), and the widest assortment of bars and discos, like The Speakeasy, the Cantab, etc., etc., this side of downtown Boston...
...advent has been successfully forestalled in Harvard Square--including Dunkin' Donuts, which was denied permission to open a branch in Harvard Square two years ago--flourish in Central Square. By and large, the owners of the more marginal junk-food shops have remained out of Smith's organization. And Lane, whose tenant group is avowedly committed to bringing in still more junk food operations, pleads, "Get us a Jewish bakery, please...