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Thus the area will be soon rid of such features as the MTA tunnel and the city parking lot, which, as we have been reminded recently, are on part of Cambridge Common. Also slated for immediate removal would be the Sullivan-backed Tread-way Motel. From the Harvard scene we would soon see the passing of Leverett Towers, Quincy, Littauer, Gordon McKay, and the embryonic medical center--lamentable, but everyone's cooperation is needed if the project is to go through. Actually, if strict reverse order is to be maintained, the tower on Memorial Hall should be restored, and Farlow...
Along with overdevelopment goes overpopulation, traffic jams, (including picturesque MTA bus naris), and a very complex parking situation, all of which are quite as bad as the experts suggest. In fact, according to the INVENTORY, "unless some remedial measures can be taken, total and habitual paralysis of the major highways of Cambridge is in sight." Which would seem to imply that something should be done...
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...
...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...