Word: mta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...examples the new Medical Center, which will provide office space for outsiders; Pusey's "build-high" policy; the University offer--denied by the city--to contribute to the construction of a parking garage; the University's bringing IBM to the area; and its promise to use part of the MTA yards for tax-bearing purposes...
...bill creating a commission to study the sale of the Bennett St. MTA yards (across from Kirkland House) has almost reached the final stages in the state House of Representatives. Now in the Ways and Means Committee, it is expected to come up for a final vote sometime within the next three weeks, according to sponsor John R. Sennott of Cambridge...
...present, Sennott noted that he knew of no other groups interested in the MTA car barns site. In the past, there has been speculation that such outside investors as Webb and Knapp (William Zeckendorf) were negotiating to purchase the land...
Thus the area will be soon rid of such features as the MTA tunnel and the city parking lot, which, as we have been reminded recently, are on part of Cambridge Common. Also slated for immediate removal would be the Sullivan-backed Tread-way Motel. From the Harvard scene we would soon see the passing of Leverett Towers, Quincy, Littauer, Gordon McKay, and the embryonic medical center--lamentable, but everyone's cooperation is needed if the project is to go through. Actually, if strict reverse order is to be maintained, the tower on Memorial Hall should be restored, and Farlow...
Along with overdevelopment goes overpopulation, traffic jams, (including picturesque MTA bus naris), and a very complex parking situation, all of which are quite as bad as the experts suggest. In fact, according to the INVENTORY, "unless some remedial measures can be taken, total and habitual paralysis of the major highways of Cambridge is in sight." Which would seem to imply that something should be done...