Word: urbanely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...addition, both universities' city planning departments may supervise blue-printing of Cambridge's urban renewal plan, although the actual drafting will be done by graduate planners, Reginald R. Isaacs, chairman of the School of Design's City Planning Department, said yesterday. Isaacs himself is one of the originators of the urban renewal concept...
...resident of Cambridge I find myself in agreement with your statement that the immediate effectuation of the Urban Renewal program is both vital and necessary...
...believe, however, that you have oversimplified the case for Urban Renewal and seriously calumnied this city in the process of making your point. Certainly John Gunther is no adequate authority on the physical condition of any city. His analytical method, that of the itinerant tabula rosa, does not allow him to investigate fully all of the various issues of his allegations. His flat statement that "Cambridge . . . is mostly a slum" disregards the less palmy aspects of this town...
...causal connection between sub-standard housing and exodusing industries. Reports will show that despite the distressing living conditions in certain parts of Cambridge, more industries have come into this city than have left it in the past few years. All of which does not mean that the need for Urban Renewal is not urgent. Harrison Lunger...
Meanwhile, several other Cambridge citizens who have worked on the city's urban renewal project agreed that Harvard "has held itself aloof" from municipal problems. They urged that the University appoint a planning board for its own development and that it consult with the city before planning buildings like Shady Hill or the new hygiene center...