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Architect I.M. Pei designed the complex to blend with the surrounding area. "Because this is a relatively large piece of land, we are able to maintain the size and bulk of the Harvard Houses," he said. The main building, at 55 feet, will equal Eliot and Kirkland Houses in height...
...monumental pyramid designed by I.M. Pei and largely financed by public contributions of $20 million, the library is supposed to house a museum, an archive, an institute of politics and two theaters that will show a short film on J.F.K. Residents fear that millions of tourists in their Winnebagos will be attracted to the already clogged streets of Harvard Square. The library will also put more strain on a city budget burdened with too many tax-exempt institutions. Blacks complain that rocketing real estate values may force them out of their neighborhoods...
...City may be looking for a strong bargaining position on the remainder of the complex, called the "related facilities" building. But with a splashy ceremony next Tuesday, the 56th anniversary of the late President's birthday, where a model of the library designed by I.M. Pei will be displayed, the Library Corporation will be in the driver's seat aiming seriously for a May 1974 completion date...
...PROJECT REVIEW committee now studying I.M. Pei's Library plans should consider the benefits the Kennedy Library will bring to Cambridge residents as well as the very real problems in the plans. Parking must be provided either on-site or off-site if Cambridge is to avoid becoming an impenetrable morass of cars; adequate commercial frontage must be provided for visitor services. Inclusion of some taxable property, such as apartments, is desirable; proper pedestrian access to Brattle Square is a must; and some way (such as an overpass) for visitors to get to the Charles without being run down...
...design probe comes on the heels of complaints by community members that the orientation of the memorial complex, which was designed by Pei to look out over the Charles, ignores the interests of the nearby neighborhoods and business districts...