Word: smiths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...least one group of Central Square businessmen, however, dreams of a permanent reversal in the Square's decline are considerably less ephemeral. The 80-member Central Square Association of Business and Professionals, Inc. (CSA) is headed by Chuck Smith, a former Iowan who came to Harvard's Graduate School of Design a few years back, stuck around, and is now the president of Com-Plan Inc., a Central-Square based architectural firm with offices in Cambridge and Caracas, Venezuela...
...Smith radiates enthusiasm as he speaks of a risorgimento for Central Square. "I believe Central Square will once again be the heart of the city," he says. "I have a real interest in Central Square--I live here...
Unlike many building and store owners, Smith, whose offices were once located in Harvard Square, has decided to live in the neighborhood where he works, and thus he says he has a vested interest in the Square's preservation. (Not surprisingly, however--oh, perhaps coincidentally--Smith's house and offices are located right next to the police station. Jerry Lane: "It figures...
...Smith is a man with a vision, and he spends a good deal of his time and money attempting, with varying degrees of success, to impart it to others...
...recall strolling through the Square last year and seeing some rather unwieldy-looking strings of lights suspended across Mass Ave. That was Chuck Smith's idea. Only it didn't work out too well. Smith says: "We had an idea for Christmas decorations which would be dramatic, economical and exciting." Instead of buying the typical plastic wreaths and polyurethane Santas, Smith hatched a plan that called for the participation of Cambridge residents in fabricating and installing decorations; it would save money, it would draw people into the Square, and it would look nice...