Word: siting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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James R. Chard, a third-year student in City Planning, and Robert M. Hollister, a Ph.D. candidate in city planning at M.I.T. and a former GSD student, have suggested a regional fair with exhibitions in eight cities, including Boston, currently in competition for the site of Expo...
Chard criticized the usual one-city format. "Traditional fairs are becoming too large and expensive for one city to handle," he said. The multiple-site plan would also hold "to an absolute minimum the displacement of residences and businesses...
will choose a site and a format for the fair...
...Commission is holding a hearing today in Washington to hear supporters and opponents of the Boston Harbor site for the fair. Governor Sargent and Boston Mayor Kevin H. White support the project, which would fill part of Boston Harbor off Columbia Point and build some of the exhibits on the Harbor Islands...
...other City and state officials strongly oppose the plan. The Boston City Council voted unanimously two weeks ago in opposition to the site, and Louise Day Hicks, now a candidate for the City Council, has been invited to speak against the plan at the hearing...