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There was a time 15 years ago when Harvard andother private real estate developers drasticallyaltered the look of the streets around the BankSt. neighborhood. But since the '60s--when Harvardbuilt Mather House, Peabody Terrace, much ofQuincy House and Leverett Towers--few newstructures have been erected in Kaczynski'sneighborhood. Until now...
"The people in this area will be buried likethey were near Peabody Terrace," says Athens St.resident Brigitte Dinsmore. Born in Ireland,Dinsmore came to the United States in 1964 and hasbeen living in Cambridge for the past 19 years.
Harvard officials admit that the constructionof Peabody Terrace--which was radically differentto the existing area architecture--may have been amistake. Harvard is now trying to work moreclosely with the community, one official says, butresidents are still distrustful of theUniversity's plans.
Residents fear that Harvard--which owns morethan $1.5 million worth of property in the areaand has destroyed more than 70 homes there in thelast 40 years--will begin several majorconstruction projects, particularly on the emptylot on De Wolfe Street and two vacant parking lotsof Grant Street. Harvard currently owns 48...
"This idea about equitable market rates is nonsense," said third year graduate student Kurt N. Sandburg. Sandburg, who lives in Peabody Terrace, said he will rent from a non-Harvard real estate firm next year. "I found out from realtors that rates in Cambridge for a two bedroom apartment are...