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The petition was named after Leo F. Anderson, the lead signor. Anderson, a septegenarian who has lived on Hancock Street since childhood, said another main concern was the volume of traffic large buildings create.
As a result of the council's decision to adopt the petition's recommendations, all future construction between Harvard and Central Squares--with Dana Street and Bay Square as endpoints--must not exceed 45 feet, or four stories. The previous height limit was 120 feet.
"Our primary concern was to protect the existing stock of housing in this stretch of Mass. Ave. and in the abutting neighborhoods," said Marilyn Z. Wellons, co-author of the Anderson Petition.
Mellons said the Anderson Petition was a response to the proposal for re-zoning Mass. Ave. which the Cambridge Planning Board introduced last September.
Although the petition passed with strong support, co-author Robert J. La Tremouille said its success was not certain beforehand.