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...patterns and traffic signals, pedestrians who enjoy the legal right-of-way over red lights and policemen, heavy trucks that rumble through the city for points north of Boston, and commuters from Belmont and Watertown who drive a legion of automobiles into Cambridge, park them, and leave on the MTA for work. While these distinguishing features have persisted, Cambridge traffic has become more snarled with each passing year...
...Tishman financial and realty empire is apparently the mystery backer behind Samuel P. Coffman's $7.6 million bid for the Bennett St. MTA Yards, the CRIMSON learned yesterday...
Coffman claimed last week that his development plans for the MTA Yards would approach $100 million. The Tishman empire is believed to be worth several hundred million dollars...
...backer reportedly refused to allow himself to be identified because he did not want the fact that he is bidding against Harvard to become public knowledge. "Obviously no one wants to be identified as opposing Harvard University," Coffman said last week. Coffman refuses to identify his backer even to MTA officials...
Harvard's bid of $5,010,000 still stands. The MTA is not required to accept the highest offer, and MTA officials have declared that their choice "will be in the best interests of Cambridge...