"Seeking to be closer to startup hubs in Boston's Innovation District and Leather District, the Boston Startup School is moving this week from the Harvard Innovation Lab in Allston into the headquarters of Communispace at Atlantic Wharf in Boston,"
Boston Startup School leaving Allston & Harvard's Innovation Lab
Boston Startup School moving to Communispace HQ on Boston waterfront - Boston Business Journal:
Harvard's 2008 promises coming due - Part 1, Shuttle Bus access
Harvard recently submitted a notification form for a new 10 year Master Plan in Allston. This makes it a good time to remember the promises that Harvard made in 2008 in the Science Complex Cooperation Agreement.
This concept of community access to the Harvard shuttle wasn't new in the 2008 Cooperation Agreement. It goes back at least to 2005 and this section on page 49 of the North Allston Strategic Framework for Planning.
This concept of community access to the Harvard shuttle wasn't new in the 2008 Cooperation Agreement. It goes back at least to 2005 and this section on page 49 of the North Allston Strategic Framework for Planning.
New Balance expands Brighton real estate empire
Adding to the New Balance - BostonHerald.com: "In separate deals within the past month, company affiliates paid $3.8 million for a North Beacon Street building that’s home to the Vocational Advancement Center and $5 million for the Grossman’s Bargain Outlet site next door."
Fern Square looking great!
Thanks to the neighbors, Mahoney's Garden Center, and the New England Grassroots Environment Fund for helping improve Collins Square (at the intersection of Holton & Franklin Streets). The new border, new plants, and improvements to the path are great, and the plants will look even better next spring!
CSX Departure Moves Closer - How will Harvard respond?
As CSX gets closer to moving its trains and operations out of Allston, the question looms regarding what Harvard will do with the land. Will Harvard let it sit empty for years like it has with the Sears slab between Windom and Cambridge Streets?
Harvard spent $75 million to buy the 91-acre CSX property back in 2003. For years we heard that Harvard couldn't touch the land because of the permanent rail easements. But when CSX is gone what will come next?
State Closes CSX Deal, Expands 'T' Service | WBJournal.com:
Harvard spent $75 million to buy the 91-acre CSX property back in 2003. For years we heard that Harvard couldn't touch the land because of the permanent rail easements. But when CSX is gone what will come next?
State Closes CSX Deal, Expands 'T' Service | WBJournal.com:
"The Worcester facility is part of CSX's plan to move operations from Allston to Westborough and Worcester by the end of the year...
CSX expects to begin moving bulk commodity operations from Allston to Westborough soon and the intermodal freight to Worcester later this year."
Harvard grows its Allston team - adds Tufts Vice Provost Newell
Vice Provost Newell to assume new position at Harvard - Tufts Daily - Tufts University
“Initially, my first early responsibilities will relate to the Allston building; they’re building a new campus in Allston,” she said. “I’ll be involved in the planning for the Allston campus and also helping them to assure that academic priorities at Harvard help to drive their fundraising objectives.”
Help plant on Everett St this weekend
Rain or shine neighbors will be planting and mulching the embankment at the corner of Everett Street and Braintree Street in Allston this Saturday and Sunday!
Location:
Across the Street from Emerald Necklace Martial Arts
95 Everett Street, Allston, MA
Ask Governor Patrick to Build the Charles River Underpasses
Please click here to voice your support for this important project
The Massachusetts State Government is considering whether to build pedestrian underpasses at the Anderson (North Harvard Street), Western Avenue, and River Street bridge intersections along the Charles River. These underpasses:
The Massachusetts State Government is considering whether to build pedestrian underpasses at the Anderson (North Harvard Street), Western Avenue, and River Street bridge intersections along the Charles River. These underpasses:
- will be much cheaper to build now vs. 75 years from now during the next bridge renovation project
- can be very easily integrated into the construction plans while the bridges are being restored next year;
- will make it safer and easier for cyclists, runners, skaters, wheelchair users, and pedestrians to enjoy the river paths, with gains to public health, recreation, and the environment; and
- will reduce congestion and traffic jams for vehicular traffic.
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| View of the Anderson Bridge from bing.com/maps |
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| Possible Anderson Bridge underpass |
New parking lot proposed for Everett Street
Now that Harvard has completed its land-swap with the Skating Club of Boston, the design is moving forward on the project to replace the never-occupied building on Lincoln Street which was described by Paul McMorrow as "the trade bait in a neighborhood-wide game of Monopoly".
Crimson: Harvard "do no harm" in Allston
Suggesting that Harvard "do as little inadvertent harm as possible" is setting a pretty meager bar for Harvard to clear. On a more ambitious note, it is nice to see the editorial hope to see "Allston flourish, both for our campus and the surrounding community".
Developing Allston | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson:
Developing Allston | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson:
"Ultimately, Harvard has no institutional obligation to prioritize the development of a community over the actualization of its private goals. However, it does have a social obligation to act as a constructive member of the community and do as little inadvertent harm as possible to Allstonians in the pursuit of its objectives."
Could Harvard cheating derail Allston expansion?
Harvard Cheating Scandal Revives Debate Over Athletics - NYTimes.com:
But last week, days after published reports implicated the co-captains of the basketball team in a widespread academic cheating scandal that may involve dozens of varsity athletes, the mood at Harvard had shifted...The news could reignite a contentious decades-old debate about athletes and academic integrity in the Ivy League...Harvard’s senior basketball co-captains, Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, have taken leaves of absences for the 2012-13 year, according to two Harvard officials briefed on the situation.Will this news dampen Harvard's enthusiasm to build a new basketball arena in Allston? If there is going to be a period of introspection at Harvard about the role of athletics, it would be a bit awkward to at the same time be also committing tens of millions of dollars on the construction of a new arena.
Allston Residents Call for Detailed Harvard Plans
Allston Residents Call for Detailed Plans | News | The Harvard Crimson:
Mellone worried that the proposed Barry’s Corner Complex, as it stands, will not realize the University and the community’s expressed desires to make Barry’s Corner a vibrant and lively community center.
“Right now, it seems generic,” Mellone said. “It doesn’t seem to have a kind of interest for most of the community.”
“Harvard for years talked about there being some major cultural institution or activities,” Mattison said. “We want that. If it’s a CVS, a bank, and an AT&T store, it’s not going to be a place people want to come to—it’s not going to be a particularly attractive draw.”
Mattison said that to address the current issues causing anxiety in the community, the nature of the conversations between residents and the University would have to change.
“Right now, the discussion is focused almost exclusively on the height and shape of the buildings,” he said. “If Barry’s Corner is going to become a lively vibrant place, there are a lot of other things that are much more important than how tall and how wide the buildings are.”
short story from last night's Harvard meeting
Samuels & Assoc. To Build 11-Story Mixed Use Project In Allston
Romar Trucking leaving Allston - another Harvard vacancy
Railroad draws new business to Hopedale, MA"Romar, which has been in Allston for more than 40 years, distributes business supplies, including paper, lumber, drywall and other non-hazardous materials. The company recently had its lease in Allston terminated when Harvard University acquired the land, forcing it to relocate."
Racial segregation in Boston
Red is white, blue is black, green is Asian, orange is Hispanic. Each dot is 25 people.
Allston's Cathi Campbell nominated to District Court
Patrick nominates 3 to District Court: "Governor Deval L. Patrick today announced the nomination of three attorneys to the District Court bench.
Cathleen E. Campbell and Michael L. Fabbri have been tapped for the Cambridge and Framingham courts, respectively, while Mary F. McCabe has been nominated as a circuit justice.
Campbell has been a partner at Boston’s Schofield, Campbell & Connolly since 2006, specializing in criminal and civil litigation. Prior to joining the firm, she was a sole practitioner in Allston for seven years, an Essex County assistant district attorney in for three years and an assistant general counsel in the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department for four years."
'via Blog this'
Cathleen E. Campbell and Michael L. Fabbri have been tapped for the Cambridge and Framingham courts, respectively, while Mary F. McCabe has been nominated as a circuit justice.
Campbell has been a partner at Boston’s Schofield, Campbell & Connolly since 2006, specializing in criminal and civil litigation. Prior to joining the firm, she was a sole practitioner in Allston for seven years, an Essex County assistant district attorney in for three years and an assistant general counsel in the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department for four years."
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State requires New Brighton Landing Environmental Impact Report
New Brighton Landing had requested a waiver to avoid having to write this report, but the state is requiring it anyway. Read the details at: http://www.env.state.ma.us/mepa/mepacerts/2012/sc/enf/14909eenf.pdf
Economy Forces Harvard to Tighten Its Belt - WSJ.com
Here are a few excerpts from a little story in the Wall Street Journal about the choices being made by Harvard about how to spend its $$$
In 2009, as its endowment plunged by nearly 30%, Harvard University halted construction on a $1.2 billion science center across the Charles River, angering the neighborhood there by leaving behind a foundation and an idle construction site.
Harvard now says it will resume work on the project, but not until 2014 and even then at half the originally planned size, reflecting a newfound fiscal caution at the school. "The economic realities necessitate this," Kevin Casey, a Harvard spokesman, said in June at a community meeting.
"There was a definite change in mentality over there...there was a sort of sky-is-the-limit attitude but now they are taking much more cautious approach," says Gerald Autler, a senior project manager for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, a public agency which works with colleges on building projects and expansion.
Harvard isn't belt-tightening everywhere. Since 2007, its investment in financial aid to undergraduates has risen by more than 78%, which Harvard said is "significantly outpacing increases in tuition." Undergraduate tuition for the 2012-13 year climbed 3.5% to $54,496. In May, Harvard committed $30 million to edX, a collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide online classes to the public.
2 A/B projects at the Boston Civic Design Commission tonight
@6:00pm City Hall Room 933A BU New Balance Field
@7:00pm
Room 937A New Brighton Landing Parcels A+B (HQ complex)
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