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City Councillor Walter J. Sullivan has wrung an apology from Harvard for the signs which currently advertise construction of the Cambridge St. underpass...
...come; they could donate some of their widespread land holdings as construction sites or sell them at below market-level costs; they could even construct non-university housing themselves and donate it or sell it cheaply to Cambridge afterwards, just as Harvard is doing with the Cambridge St. underpass. Variations on these suggestions for direct action by the schools are limitless, and there are other options. It is up to Harvard and M.I.T. to choose one or more which will accomplish the most as quickly as possible...
Wiggins emphasized yesterday that the $8 million figure was only an estimate. "It's just a preliminary estimate based on the architects' experience with recent building costs," he said. Harvard has recently had some trouble with estimates; construction of the Cambridge St. underpass, for example, was estimated at $2.8 million, but when actual building bids came in, the lowest was $3.4 million...
...entire area in front of Memorial Hall will be completely dug up during the building period for the underpass's tunnel, which will extend from the fire station to Littauer. "It's an awful large hole, and the whole thing is going to look like one big mess," one University official observed...
Most of the changes involve the use of less costly building materials, such as the handrailings or the exterior walls of the underpass. Another proposed change would alter the lighting system. According to L. Gard Wiggins, Administrative Vice-President, the planned lighting would be far more intense than lighting in any comparable underpass in the metropolitan area. Harvard is requesting a reduction to the standard brightness, he said...