Word: rent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tasty Crimson Seth H. Perlman I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM: Scoop's and Beans ice cream shop on JFK Street-a student favorite-was one of several small Square businesses to close last fall after failing to pay its rent...
...rent control has meant that only upscale businesses--whether a chain or independent--can survive...
...biggest cause for change was the end of rent control, under which Cambridge set a ceiling on rents landlords could charge. Phased out by December 1996, rent control's end has made it possible for landlords to charge what the market will bear--often far more than mom-and-pop stores can afford...
...Central Square is becoming what Harvard Square used to be," says Phyllis Sterbakov of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. "Small businesses can experiment [there] and not have to worry [about] how they're going to pay the month's rent...
...with the demise of rent control, the Harvard Square consumer needs a whole new type of store...