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Tenants of the Charlesview housing complex—located on a lynchpin property at the center of Harvard’s future Allston campus—want to be at the table for any land-swap negotiations between the University and the building’s board of directors, they said at a meeting last week...
...need to make sure we’re loud enough and wise enough to make [a land swap] beneficial to us,” she said. She added that the tenants hope to meet soon with representatives of the Boston Redevelopment Authority—the agency which oversees all building in Boston—to discuss tactics for making their voices heard during Harvard-Charlesview negotiations...
...tenants association doesn’t have a problem fixing things, but if the land swap with Harvard goes through, is it worth pouring $3 million into this place?” asked Giovanditto. “Considering what the [market-rate] tenants will have to pay, can you live with the mold for another year...
What's the appeal of the genre? Graduate student Ellen Jameson says painting puppies and sunsets with the kits she finds in New York City art-supply stores is "soothing. It's like a mindful meditation." Says marketing exec Jane Berk, who scours Los Angeles swap meets to find additions to her Western-themed collection of completed canvases: "They give you this comfortable feeling. When you are looking at them, you are transported back to Donna Reed time, when things seemed simpler...
...come on to one another for precisely three minutes before a bell sends them shuffling over to the next table. Salsa dancing and games (tarot cards, anyone?) are also on offer. Daters mark their card if they find someone interesting, and if the attraction is mutual the pair can swap e-mails later. For those who don't connect, three minutes is (relatively) painless. Over two nights last week, 3,000 single people gathered at London's Vinopolis wine museum for what can only be considered the speed dating World Cup. Time dispatched two intrepid correspondents to the desiring line...