Word: parcelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That is the opinion of Karen Altshuler, an environmental quality specialist who two weeks ago completed a state-funded study of the effects that construction on Parcel 1B behind the Kennedy School of Government will have on the Square...
...residents to sit down with its planners around a table and work out a compromise on a proposed development. Slated for a scrubby parking lot bordering on a residential neighborhood, University Place could have sparked a nightmare battle, reminiscent of the long-running war waged over the fate of Parcel 1B. Instead, in the relatively short space of a year, plans have been drawn up, and architects have been hired. And no one has gone to court. The reason is simple: the University and the neighbors worked out a compromise. Harvard agreed to build structures the same size as those...
With the state-run supply system on the verge of collapse, most Poles must turn to alternate sources for food and other scarce items. Those with friends or relatives abroad may get some of what they need via parcel post. Others resort to barter: a mechanic might trade two quarts of motor oil to a salesgirl for a pound of coffee; in Silesia, the miners are reportedly trading coal to farmers for meat. For exorbitant prices, or hard Western currency, almost anything can be gotten on the black market. Sample prices: blue jeans, $180; one pint of vodka...
...episode proves one thing we have long maintained--it is in Harvard's interest to cooperate with the community. The University knew that the Harvard Square Defense Fund and other groups had brought the private developers of nearby Parcel 1b to their knees with a series of lawsuits; the parking lot development promised to be a case of similar cooperate-from-the-start or fight-it-out-to-the-bitter-end. Working together--financially and psychologically--is almost always less costly. And the compromises reached are usually about the same as would result from an adversarial proceeding...
...episode proves one thing we have long maintained-it is in Harvard's interest to cooperate with the community. The University knew that the Harvard Square Defense Fund and other groups had brought the private developers of nearby Parcel 1b to their knees with a series of lawsuits; the parking lot development promised to be a case of similar cooperate-from-the-start or fight-it-out-to-the-bitter-end. Working together-financially and psychologically-is almost always less costly. And the compromises reached are usually about the same as would result from an adversarial proceeding...