Word: mta
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Joining with Mrs. Newman was Rep. Freyda Koplow of Brookline, who opposed the "sale of public park land for private purposes." Professional people have declared the bill unsound and the MTA has taken no stand on the issue, Mrs. Koplow maintained. "We should not sell the land for the benefit of John Briston 'Stilts' Sullivan...
...bill, authorizing the city to sell the strip of grass over the MTA bus across from Littauer, is expected to come before the House today or tomorrow. Reliable sources expect it to pass without too much trouble...
...Sullivan proposal, a 15 story office building on stilts, would have perhaps two stories of ramp-type parking and an MTA bus terminal on the ground and subground levels. Inherent in the plans is a transfer of heavy MTA traffic from the kiosk to the site over the present trackless trolley entrance and exit on the northern edge of the Square, technically part of the Cambridge Common...
...group listed the following specific objections: the MTA has failed to approve the project as one that would improve the bus situation in the Square; the sale would introduce "commercial development" into one of America's great historical areas; it would add only 200 parking spaces and aggravate the "already intolerable" traffic and parking problem...
...Callahan forces, including Boston labor leaders, have thus vilified Gibbs as a man about to sabotage bread, business, and beauty in Boston. Senate President Powers has threatened to increase Newton's share of the MTA and MDC expense. But old Gibbs has an ace in the hole for the so-called "final" meeting time, Monday. If he waits long enough, he may panic the opposition into granting his concessions. If not, there hasn't been a good house bombing in Newton for years...