Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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VARSITY Liquor is moving out. The little store wedged into a corner of the Square next to the Tasty has been serving the neighborhood for more than 50 years. Although the Varsity could never boast a huge selection, students could always count on it for beer or booze for extracurricular activities...
...owners of Varsity would like to relocate somewhere in the Square but there is not much space available. They are too loyal to the neighborhood to consider opening anywhere else...
...always been a dynamic, changing place, but over the last few years the pace has risen dramatically. Visitors who have not been back for a few years are amazed at the different atmosphere Gone are many of the book stores and cheap coffee shops that used to mark the neighborhood. Family-owned businesses have given way to a flood of banks and giant chain stores like Urban Outfitters, Bennetton...
These are only the Square's most obvious changes. But they represent much larger disruptions occuring in the neighborhood and throughout Cambridge. Rents are rising not just for businesses but for everyone, students and longtime residents alike. For every business forced out by the high rents, probably dozens of families must also seek cheaper housing elsewhere. Some of these families will find other places in Cambridge, some will be forced to move away, and some may become homeless. Rent control tends to moderate the damage done by rent hikes, but it simply is not enough to prevent Harvard Square...
...unlikely that any comprehensive rezoning effort would be successful," said Russell. He said rezoning projects either seek to change the boundaries of existing districts, the rules within the districts, or both. "There's not a lot of need for boundary changing--every neighborhood has looked at this issue...