Word: tenants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ambiguous nature of Harvard's intentions to dispose of these six recently purchased parcels troubles longtime tenant activist Michael H. Turk. "It's always difficult to determine to what extent HRE is engaged in property acquisitions for the sake of expanding Harvard's commercial property or as a cover for the extension of the University itself," says Turk, a frequent opponent of Harvard who lives in University-owned housing...
...tenant activist summed it up best in this comment on Harvard's real estate actions in the Square: "HRE has an attitude of the less said, the less known, the better." That's not the proper philosophy for Cambridge's number one corporate citizen...
...Tenant activists charge that because of loopholes in the city's rent control laws, Harvard's sales of these small properties leads to high rentals or conversions to non-controlled units after they are sold...
...Manhattan's venerable Algonquin Hotel, he has become the brightest, newest star on the high-class cabaret circuit. He made a cameo appearance in February on NBC's The Two Mrs. Grenvilles -- as a nightclub singer of the '40s -- and he has performed at the White House; the current tenant is a fan. "Hey, Nancy," Ronald Reagan said when he first heard Feinstein at a Palm Springs party, "you've got to hear this...
Despite repeated city rulings against Harvard,the University engaged in a four-year string ofdisputes that made the Craigie Arms a common sitefor tenant groups' picket lines. Finally, in Mayof 1985, the Cambridge Rent Control Board exemptedthe existing apartments from rent controlregulations, allowing Harvard to rehabilitate thebuilding and charge higher rents for the 50 newapartments...