Word: preservationism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because it is an already stressful process, Meyer says property buyers and sellers should not have to bear the additional burden of real-estate transfer taxes designed to pay for community needs like open space, low-income housing and historic preservation.
The Cape land bank proposal exposed the dilemma of how to pay for open space, and, in Cambridge, may jeopardize the passage in Cambridge of similar taxes aimed at local concerns like low-income housing and historical preservation.
To all the laudable elements of university co-existence in the city of Cambridge--consideration for neighborhoods, green spaces and architectural preservation--Harvard has given consistent lip service in the past, but has not consistantly borne out.
By proceeding with the construction, Harvard will not only offend the primarily (not to say historically) domestic character of the neighborhood, but will destroy whatever green space is left in the rear of the beautiful early 19th century mansions (both under protection of Architectural Preservation) still standing on Kirkland Street...
The next year, after Clinton won the presidency, he tapped Jordan to be co-chairman of his transition team. It was the first time most observers realized that Clinton, who had run as a Washington outsider, was so close to this consummate insider. There was talk that Jordan could have...