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...original plan presented to Allston residents featured a museum harboring contemporary and modern art holdings in an area known as Barry’s Corner in North Allston, which residents had hoped to revitalize. But for some residents, the plan for Barry’s Corner did not appear to work towards this goal...
...fears that the University may renege on this plan, since the most recent proposal for development around Barry’s Corner involves a number of athletic facilities and this museum, which Mattison describes as more of a “storage warehouse, and an office building, and a place where curators would work...
...Mattison also complained of what he described as a “bait and switch” on the part of the University. Harvard’s original proposal, which entailed reusing existing commercial buildings for interim storage, was later changed to the proposal for a permanent museum space on Barry’s Corner, which Mattison and his fellow residents discovered upon reading The Boston Globe the day after meeting with Harvard planners...
...Despite their grievances over the perceived communication breakdown, some Allston residents said they are optimistic about the proposed Harvard Art Museum space in their community. Though Allston Civic Association President Paul Berkeley acknowledged that there was a lot of quick opposition to the museum upon its first proposal, he said, “I would like to see that given more discussion, because I see some benefit to a cultural use of that area...
...both sides of the Charles, the Harvard Art Museum is gearing up for its changes, and boasting integration as a key to improving study resources and exhibition space. Though Manoogian said that the Allston museum project and the renovations of 32 Quincy St. are not strictly tied together, they are united in their goals of expanding both the visibility and availability of their holdings...