Word: mta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...statement signaled a new phase in Harvard's attempt to find land for an addition to the House system. Although the University has long recognized need for a new House, it has been unable to purchase what it considers the most desirable site--the 12-acres Bennett St. MTA Yards...
...formal anouncement has been made, but Harvard is known to have bought land near existing Houses as a form of insurance should the MTA Yards prove unavailable. One reason for the official silence, it is believed, is that several property-owners have refused to sell to the University, thus making it impossible to assemble a continuous plot...
...bulk of the university's collection, dispensing with the scattered departmental libraries that had existed previously. Coolidge, Gibbs and Cruft Libraries were built to house the Physics and Chemistry Departments. Gore and Standish halls--now part of Winthrop House--sprung up along the river housing freshmen. The MTA was completed in 1912 and was welcomed by undergrads because it made travel to Boston easier. The Larz Anderson Bridge, completed in 1913, made it much easier to get to football games...
William P. Homans, Jr. '41, (D-Cambridge), who sponsored the proposal, believes that it would add a needed degree of rationality to transportation planning. It would work well, he thinks, with Gov. Peabody's bill, which proposes the extension of the MTA to create a unified transit network for Boston...
...Governor's program itself calls for the extension of MTA rapid transit facilities to 64 outlying communities to provide Boston and its suburbs with fast commuter transportation. It is hoped that the new MTA lines could take pressure off such arteries as Memorial Drive...