Word: rivers
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...Land 'n Sea, a couple only 12-15 minutes away, along the shore of an ocean refuge, another in deep woods; there's a 600-acre freshwater pond 15 minutes from Land 'n Sea; a 14,000-acre "wilderness" area 35-40 minutes away; miles of canoeing on Wood River same distance; a whole range of fishing salt water (both surf and deep sea), as well as many freshwater spots; even a ski facility 40 minutes away; intriguing day trips: Newport and that extraordinary Block Island (a one-hour ferry from Galilee), designated by the Nature Conservancy...
Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museum (HUAM) James B. Cuno would like nothing more than to build a new University museum on the banks of the Charles River, at the current site of Mahoney's Garden Center...
...that meeting, held primarily to discuss University plans for a tunnel underneath Broadway to connect the Fogg and Sackler museums, Cuno hinted obliquely that he would like to build a museum on the river...
...project was in February, when Cuno had a "Dear Neighbor" letter sent to residents of the Peabody Terrace area near the Mahoney's site. In the letter, Cuno addressed preliminarily the "exploration of the possibility of creating a new space for the Harvard University Art Museums along the Charles River...
Approving Cuno's plans would, however, change the face of a more central part of the campus. If the Sackler's collections are moved to the River, then the Sackler building could be used for additional office or academic space in an area near the Yard...