Word: parceled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...officials might have prevented the eviction of tenants from 7 Sumner Rd.; they might have forced Harvard to listen more seriously to its neighbors during the construction of the Quad Athletic Complex; and they might be able to do more than plead for responsible development of the three-acre parcel of open land in the Square recently purchased by the University...
LATER THIS MONTH, the city of Cambridge is expected to take by eminent domain a one-acre parcel of University-owned land north of Lesley College...
Instead, Harvard should continue trying to establish good relations with the city. Last year's donation of a $500,000 parcel of land to a neighborhood group for low-cost housing was an important gesture. Working with, not against, Cambridge officials on the Sacramento St. field would be another...
...commitment to build open housing is not enough. The University should then sit down with city and neighborhood leaders and plan development of the site. Those talks should stress the need for minimum density use of the parcel, so that it can serve as a buffer between existing neighborhoods and the planned commercial development of Parcel 1B. Finally, Harvard should include a mix of moderate and low income units in the housing it eventually builds on the site...
...meantime, the three-acre parcel sits as it has for years, a weedy, crumbling $4-million parking...