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Additionally, the town-gown relationship, which cycles from bad to tolerable and back to bad, would be given a push in the right direction if Harvard were to do a purely generous deed and be seen to be doing so. As David A. Zewinski '76, associate director for physical resources and planning for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said, "Given how much this development has been a lightning rod for community activists, [buying the site] does a lot for Harvard as a white knight...
Another project that has the potential to sour town-gown relations is the University's Allston land purchases. Harvard ran afoul of the Allston/Brighton community and Boston City Hall on this issue; when the University disclosed in June 1997 that it had secretly purchased 52 acres in Allston between...
...know that progressive change is possible if we can shake up Washington with a little grass-roots spirit. Together, we can achieve health care for all, establish positive "town-gown" relationships, protect Social Security from those who wish to sell it off to Wall Street and let right-wing Republicans know that we consider our children's education to be quite a bit more important than a dozen F-10 fighter jets...
...Another town-gown debate has arisen over thecity's universities--especially MIT--attractingspinoff industries over the past two decades...
Despite some town-gown tensions, Duehay'sprognosis for the city is positive...