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...commitment, announced last night by Boston Redevelopment Authority Director John F. Palmieri, has yet to be put in writing, but pertains to a 0.7 acre site currently occupied by the Brookline Machine Company that Harvard quietly purchased late last year. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino is now pressing the University to immediately begin exploring the feasibility of initiating residential development on the site, according to Palmieri...
...Critics of the bid say that while the Olympics might provide construction jobs and an influx of revenue, any boost would be short-lived. "To make a city prosperous, it's about brainpower, not block parties," says Tom Tresser, an organizer for the opposition group No Games Chicago. Though Mayor Richard Daley has promised that local taxpayers wouldn't pay a dime of the Games' estimated $4.8 billion cost, he's also signed an agreement with the IOC that puts the city on the hook for any excessive cost overruns - an Olympic tradition as common as crying. London...
...appointed to the New York City Planning Commission by Mayor Ed I. Koch—a post he held until 1986. Bond lived and worked in New York City at the time of his death, and was responsible for the National September 11th Museum at the World Trade Center...
...there are some concerns that costs could spiral out of control. London Mayor Boris Johnson has put forth a plan to cut ?20 million ($32 million) from the budget by holding certain events (boxing, shooting, rhythmic gymnastics and badminton) in existing venues such as Wembley Arena - even if this means longer transport time for athletes staying at the Olympic Village. In response to recent opposition from the Olympic Board, which in addition to Johnson includes Lord Sebastian Coe, the LOCOG chairman, the ever-quotable Johnson evoked former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, saying: "If I have to take my shoe...
...system, a "via light" highway, a new state highway and 54 km of new metro line. Guanabara Bay, the fetid body of water whose smell assails visitors driving into town from the international airport, was to be cleaned up. None of those plans came to fruition, prompting the current mayor, and former state Sports Secretary, to admit that the city promised too much and provided too little...