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Last February, the Cambridge City Council asked the Planning Board to study the development of the Bennett Street MTA Yards; early last month, the Board reported on the whole Harvard Square area. Its 65-page report, based on the assumption that the development of the Yards is "inextricably intertwined" with the future of the Square, proposes that the two areas be combined into a single busines and shopping center...
Besides the new rapid transit cars, the MTA has also purchased 400 new buses. Many will be used when the $1.5 million demonstration experiment with the Mass Transportation Commission goes into effect this June...
...report, filed last month, the Board advised the city to prepare a plan for urban renewal in the Harvard Square area and then to take the Yards by right of eminent domain. Although this is not possible while the MTA owns the land, the city could take the property from a private owner once the MTA has sold...
...Cambridge City Council yesterday requested Planning Director Alan McClennen to survey the Bennett St. MTA Yards and recommend steps to be taken for the construction of one-and two-family dwellings in the area...
Although the final decision on the sale of the Yards rests with the MTA Board of Trustees, the city's recommendation is expected to carry considerable weight...