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...with the Swinging '60s well under way, the museum world was feeling a bit cramped and stodgy to Hoving. That was the year he left the Met to serve as parks commissioner for New York City's newly elected mayor, John V. Lindsay, a dashing liberal Republican (there used to be such things) who was bringing a bit of Kennedy-style panache to the place people would soon be calling Fun City, though usually with tongue in cheek. Hoving fit the new mood perfectly. At the time, the city's parks could be rundown and even sinister, especially at night...
...with expertise in design, urban planning, business strategy, real estate development, and public policy,” according to the letter. The committee will include Peter Tufano, senior associate dean for planning and university affairs at Harvard Business School, Bill Purcell, director of the Institute of Politics and former mayor of Nashville, TN, and Alex Krieger, chair of the department of urban planning and design at the Graduate School of Design...
...Former Mayor of Cambridge Francis H. Duehay ’55, who had been leading the campaign to change the name to “Halberstam Street”—in honor of journalist David L. Halberstam ’55—for the past 15 months, decided to rescind his proposal after Harvard alumni voiced their disapproval...
...which was a major point of contention at the previous community meeting. According to a statement released by Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications Christine M. Heenan, the plans for the Brookline site were finalized on Wednesday night at a meeting between President Drew G. Faust and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino...
...guided Work Team "with expertise in design, urban planning, business strategy, real estate development, and public policy." The committee will include Peter Tufano, the senior associate dean for Planning and University Affairs at Harvard Business School, Bill Purcell, the head of the Institute of Politics and the former mayor of Nashville, TN, and Alex Krieger, chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Graduate school of Design...