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...increase its payment in lieu of taxes to the city by $12 million. But the fact remains that by covering up its purchases, even in order to protect itself from inflated real estate prices, Harvard acquired its land in an underhanded manner, a move that will likely taint town-gown relations for years to come...
...million increase in payments to Boston reflects an increased Harvard presence in the Boston neighborhood of Allston and a mutual desire to improve town-gown relations...
...major problems the city has confronted in the past four decades--including racial unrest and student protest in the 1960s and the housing tumult following the loss of rent control in a statewide referendum in 1994. Duehay said he believes there has been a substantial improvement in town-gown relations during his time in office...
Over the past year Harvard has been reshaping the image it presents to the outside world in an effort to foster better relations with the local community. This makeover comes in the wake of a year that saw such town-gown ruptures as the Allston land purchase, in which the University revealed it had secretly purchased more than 50 acres of land, and the proposed Knafel Center...
...Town-Gown Relations...