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...University would offer no objection if the Kennedy family chose the Bennett St. MTA Yards as the site of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, President Pusey said this week...
...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...
...MTA Yards were the University's most desired location for the Tenth House as long as the MTA planned to move the existing yards to Dorchester. But when the MTA was unable to secure the new site, the University began to look elsewhere...
...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...