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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some observers say the change has already begun, and a comparison of two recent Harvard property deals may show the shift. One case--7 Summer Rd.--is a textbook example of what some see as the old don't give-'em-an-inch Harvard attitude; another--the development of a vacant lot on Mt. Auburn St.--may indicate a new willingness to work with and listen to the neighbors...
...saga of 7 Summer Rd. began 30 months ago, when the Graduate School of Design decided it wanted to use the four-story brick apartment building for office space. Offices were incompatible with bedrooms and kitchens, and so eviction proceedings began. The first few rulings on the hotly contested case went against the University, which had tried to remove some tenants with valid leases. But Harvard kept up the fight, despite the protests of local leaders that the building represented 16 moderately priced units of increasingly scarce rental housing. The Summer Rd. site was soon the focus of city-University...
...said "the rules were changed on us in the middle of the game" by the passage of a law requiring all Cambridge developers to obtain permits before removing property from the rental market, called the two-year dispute "an honest difference of opinions." He added that the Summer Rd. experience had not irreparably soured town/gown dealings. "I think our relationship with the city is really quite good. The city has its interests and we have ours. In many cases we agree, and we disagree in others. That's the nature of the relationship...
Harvard's relations with the city remained sour through most of the year; the University drew fire when it finally won its battle to evict tenants from a Sumner Rd. apartment building and received widespread criticism for failing to increase its voluntary payments to the city to help compensate for 2 1/2. The only applause Harvard has won from Cambridge is for its work with neighbors in planning the development of a parcel of land on Mt. Auburn St., cooperation that may become increasingly commonplace with the passage of a tough new law that will allow Cambridge to regulate University...
...real estate firm which, in its dealings with its tenants and the city uses none of the delicacy Harvard applied to questions of genes and chromosomes. As an example, this winter saw the end of a two-year-long drama, with the departure of tenants from 7 Summer Rd. The last few residents finally gave up their legal battle and departed, weary of fighting for their homes against a University that was willing to pour thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of legal talent into evicting them. Many Harvard employees, angry at anti-union campaigns, have complained as well...