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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Changes have been expected ever-alone the trustees of the Kennedy Corporation--the group overseeing construction of the Center--announced their plan in the mid-sixties to move the Library onto the MBTA site. A year ago, the Cambridge Planning Office began assembling a seven-volume master plan to cope with the difficulties expected to arise...
...Improvement of parking facilities. Parking for the expected avalance of tourists will be provided largely by a lot, possibly underground, on the Library site. A $225,000 study is also currently in progress to explore the desirability of an underground garage at the Cambridge Common...
Contours of the Kennedy Center are somewhat more cloudy. About two acres of the 11-acre site will be given to Harvard for the Kennedy School of Government. A large plaza, called Commonwealth Plaza in appreciation of Massachusetts's grant of the MBTA land, will extend over much of the area. Open all parking for at least 600 cars, and more probably 1000, will be provided by the Library. The ceremonial entrance to the Center will stand at the corner of Memorial Drive and Boylston...
...size and placement of buildings remain undecided. And the status of "related structures" for the site--apartments in hotel, or luxury stores--appears less and less certain...
Across from the Harvard Square Post Office, adjacent to the Library site, plans are definitely underway for a high-rise building. Kanovas Corporation intends to plant a 19-story structure on the site and has already received permits needed to begin excavation. Planning Department officials report that Kanovas is considering construction of a Holiday...