Word: projects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stating there was "no doubt" Sullivan owned the land, Cronin went on to assert that the project would "add, not detract" from property values in the area. He said the buildings would be "first class apartment dwellings." Questioned about use of the land by Rep. Freyda Koplow, Cronin asserted that "you can rest assured it will not be rezoned for factories...
Asked about the cost of the project, Sullivan said he had no figure in mind because he had not had detailed plans made. Rep. Koplow suggested that it would be impossible to build apartments on the site which would rent for a reasonable amount...
Other speakers, representing the Community Boating Club, M.I.T., and commercial, civic, and neighborhood groups, presented further objections to the committee, including serious flood danger, loss of recreational and civic assets, and the cost to the city of providing additional schools and services for the project, which, they said, would more than offset any tax benefit that it would provide...
Only Harvard official to speak was Thomas D. Bolles, Director of Athletics, who said the project "would destroy the racing course that has been used by many hundreds of oarsmen...
...girl offered to ride out to the airport with him. Rather than hurt her feelings, Manie wearily went to La Guardia, boarded a plane and flew to Detroit. A little more than a year ago, goes another story, Comedian Danny Thomas went to him for help with a project to benefit leukemia victims; Manie plunged into the project without letting anyone know that he was dying of the disease himself. This week's TV show, which raised more than $200,000 for leukemia research and other work by the Emanuel Sacks medical foundation, was predictably sentimental, sincere and enthusiastic...