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Architect I. M. Pei, who will design the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, explained in an interview last week why he wants to retain the option of having commercial buildings near the library...
...Pei said he thought "support facilities"--such as souvenir shops, restaurants, and parking lots--would probably be necessary to help control the impact of the library on the Harvard Square area. The library will draw an estimated 750,000 visitors annually. Souvenir shops, Pei explained "would inevitably come
...sycamore trees which line Memorial Drive near Boylston St. form a frontage for the Bennett St. MBTA Yards, the likely choice for the Kennedy Library. I.M. Pei, the Library's architect, has talked to MDC officials, including Whitmore and his predecessor Robert F. Murphy, about the Memorial Drive situation. He is reported to oppose the construction of the underpasses on aesthetic grounds...
...Pei, architect for the Kennedy Library, has done considerable urban renewal work. He was selected to design the Library, in part, because of his familiarity with city problems. It was felt that he would be able to cope with difficulties created by the Library and the huge number of visitors it is expected to attract...
Critics of the choice call Pei a "safe" architect, but one who has not displayed great creativity. But Walton feels differently. "He isn't the easy choice," he said. "He isn't a fashionable architect, he wasn't the best known, and he doesn't work for one of the big corporations. He's a guy who worked his own way up. I don't know what he'll do, but it will be an exciting building...