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Menino and Galvin cited uncertainty about Harvard’s intentions for the land—as well as concerns that any changes to the pike or rail yard could hurt the area’s economy—as their main reasons for opposing the deal...
...land, known as Allston Landing South, which Harvard bought from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, includes a portion of the pike itself and the bulk of the area’s major rail yard, both of which Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Mass. Secretary of State William F. Galvin say are crucial pieces of Boston infrastructure...
...negotiated deal includes some guarantees that the rail yard and pike will not be affected. These guarantees including pre-existing permanent easements owned by the CSX corporation on its rail lines and by the Turnpike Authority for the pike, as well as the new easements granted to the Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) during the sale’s negotiation...
...throw away $33 million to pay for land that the transportation secretary ultimately controls. Meanwhile, the MBTA is facing tougher budgets in the recession. It would be folly to simply transfer money from one poor state agency to another. The MBTA should save its cash, let the Mass Pike take Harvard’s private funds, and rely on the safeguards already in effect to keep the railyard in place—thereby preserving commuter rail lines that are dependent on its operation...
Schaffer’s Harvard friends are not the only ones who have supported his artistic development. As a member of Harvard’s chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) fraternity, Schaffer made a lasting impression on Bruce Wolfson, a New York based lawyer and the fraternity’s international vice president. Schaffer and Wolfson worked together on the Pike’s “Return to Values” initiative, a campaign which sought to reinstill the fraternity with a spirit of brotherhood and to encourage its members to give back to their communities...