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...Bombay Club sort of became the Faculty Club," said Religion Professor Diana Eck of the time when the Faculty Club on Quincy St. was closed for renovations a few years ago. "It was inexpensive and collegial, and you didn't have to wait very long because of the buffet...
State Senator and Cambridge Rindge and Latin strength-and-conditioning coach Anthony Gallucio was caught by witnesses when he sped off after hitting a family of four's minivan with his car. The incident occurred on the corner of Linnean and Garden St. in Harvard Square at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday...
...While locals are up in arms about the project, it has also resonated overseas, in part because the historic center of St. Petersburg - once home to Empress Catherine the Great, poet Alexander Pushkin and novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky - has been listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the cultural arm of the U.N., since 1990. If the tower is built, the body has said it may revoke the city's status, as its "outstanding universal value" would be under threat. (See pictures of the natural sites nominated for the World Heritage List...
...Europe, as a symbol of the Russian leaders' blatant disregard for the public good as they continue to solidify their grip on power. On Sept. 28, a public opinion poll conducted by the EKOM Center, a nongovernmental organization that promotes civil rights in Russia, showed that 66% of St. Petersburg residents oppose the project. A month ago, a packed town-hall meeting ended in acrimony after four hours of heated debate over the tower; security guards confiscated tear gas, knives and brass knuckles from the crowd - a sign that the controversy could even lead to violence. The Okhta Center...
...Valentina Matviyenko, the governor of St. Petersburg and one of Putin's most loyal allies, dismisses accusations of government meddling in the project as "nonsense." "This issue, to put it lightly, has been politicized," she tells TIME. She pointed to other surveys suggesting that "around half" of the city's population supports the Gazprom tower. "We will of course never allow anyone to change the look of historic St. Petersburg. At the same time, we understand that the city has to develop. The city has to follow modern architecture, and every century, every era has its own historical monuments...