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...attempt to acquire a prime tract of land in Allston, Harvard has offered to build a new apartment complex elsewhere for low-income residents who currently live at the corner of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue...
...overhangs. Many of those dwellings were in serious decay even before the storm hit, but as long as they stood, there was the chance to preserve and restore them, as has been happening in the city's transitional neighborhoods like Bywater. Once they are gone, will flavorless 21st century tract houses replace them...
Back then, the dunes staked out in Gaza for settlement were an empty tract. There were no Arab houses within view, no fences, no military bases, no sign the Jews were entering enemy territory. The 33 families who arrived in Netzer Hazani to occupy 33 small bungalows and work in 33 hothouses newly plunked down on the sand saw themselves as welcome pioneers who would make the desert bloom. They went to shop in Arab Khan Yunis, got haircuts from Palestinian barbers, drank coffee in Palestinian cafés, danced at Palestinian weddings. Although Sammy's view is harsher...
...clear about this: no one is giving away choice property. The typical tract runs one-third of an acre in a new subdivision in which streets and utility lines have been laid. The parcels range in value from $2,000 to $20,000, depending on the town. But it will still cost $80,000 to $130,000 to build. Some folks come for the free land but see those numbers and decide instead to buy an existing home, which typically goes for considerably less. Towns aren't cutting any sweetheart deals for doctors or lawyers or other professionals needed...
...because more than 100,000 people visited a tiny museum last year where only a few of its 400 paintings and illustrations can be hung, more than a stop sign is needed. The folks expect to build the new museum on a 40-acre tract near the Housatonic River on the outskirts of the village. They plan to ask the President to come up and start their campaign this spring. The betting is he'll show...