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...University has attempted, during the past few months, to work out an arrangement by which it could erect a building over the MTA carbarns on Boylston Street...
...survey order was understood by one Councilor, however, to be concerned only with MTA buses. Councilor Alfred Vellucci said last night that the order was not at all directed toward Harvard students, but that it was aimed at "the heavy congestion in Harvard Square," and passed in an attempt to "stop all buses violating traffic laws there...
...sextagon-shaped building, built along with the most recent of the Harvard Houses, has many large and comfortable suites, particularly those facing away from the adjacent MTA carbarns. But it is not for its physical setup that freshmen should choose Eliot House; instead they ought to consider the opportunities the House offers as far as meeting teachers and fellow-students, and as far as encouragement for constructive efforts in any field are concerned...
With open land a problem in Cambridge, the University has always eyed the MTA land, which is conveniently located to the Yard and other Houses. The main obstacle in the past has been the fact that the MTA could not afford to part with any of its existing facilities...
...meet this problem, it was learned last night from Richard A. Sullivan, assistant to the president of the MTA, that the University has hired engineering and architectural firms to find a solution. Sullivan confirmed that a "very practical solution" under consideration would move the tracks beneath the ground and build above them. It is believed that this idea--of building over the subway--has been favorably received by the University...