Word: mbta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Auburn St.) has lost its old atmosphere since having its building torn down several years ago. Once upon a time Cronin's was a Harvard student hangout located where Holyoke Center has since been plopped. Now it's all the way down past Brattle Sq. next to the MBTA yards. Cronin's is usually uncrowded, so the service is fast. It's not a bad place if being alone does not intimidate you or make you an alcoholic...
Those in favor of construction of the library on the MBTA site include the Kennedys, a majority of the city council, the General Services Administration, labor and veterans groups, and, implicitly, Harvard University...
Twelve months ago, the $27-million Kennedy Library and Museum complex was ready for construction: the plans had been prepared and released; the MBTA was clearing the site; and community opposition had been muted by formal City Council support of the project...
...University's interests are irretrievably entangled in the local controversy over the library. As Donald C. Moulton, assistant to the vice president for community affairs, said last week if the Kennedy Library is not built on the MBTA yard site, the university will "be put back to ground zero" in planning construction of its new building...
...changes were made in response to community concern about the large size of the library, which will be located in the northeast corner of the MBTA yards across from Eliot House...