Word: moratorium
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Bloomstein told residents they could seek a building moratorium from the City Council, which would effectively halt development projects in the area—a tactic the Riverside neighbors had successfully used to block the building of the art museum. Last June, in an informal straw poll, ANC members voted 24-1, with two abstentions, in favor of seeking a moratorium...
From the moment Harvard announced the plan to build a museum, the neighbors opposed it—and in the fall of 2000 got the city council to issue a moratorium, that prevented any building in their neighborhood...
...tunnel was intended to connect the two buildings of the new Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS). But because Harvard could not meet the demands of the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association—which included a ten-year moratorium on future building—and because negotiations broke down, no agreement could be reached. Harvard’s decision to scrap the tunnel marked the culmination of six years of rancorous negotiations between the University and the city of Cambridge over the building’s design...
...Yenching’s decision is the latest in a series of SARS-related restrictions at the University. Although the University has lifted its ban on travel to Toronto, Singapore, and Vietnam, the moratorium is still in effect for travel to mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong...
While the University ban was loosened over the last two weeks to allow travel to Toronto, Vietnam and Singapore, the moratorium remains in effect for mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan...