Word: allston
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent years, town-gown relations have been characterized by tension and strain. From the University's land dealings in Allston to its plans for the new Knafel Center, many Cantabrigians have comes to see Harvard as an insensitive Goliath, acting without regard for local interests. The University's decision to do something to ameliorate the dearth of low-income housing-one of the local community's most pressing problems-should be well received...
...University also pledged to use some of its newly acquired land in Boston for affordable housing. In 1997, Harvard came under fire for secretly purchasing 52 acres in Allston. Yesterday Grogan said this land will be used, at least in part, to benefit area residents...
...Harvard students do not take well to being parking-spot-less, or even worse, an exile across the Charles. And Whittingham hears no end of the complaints. Unaccepting of anything but the best, students bombard his office with complaints of their poor parking status. When banished to Allston, Whittingham hears the questions, "Where's Allston?, The Business School? That's ridiculous!" Or, better yet, "I have to go across the bridge? What bridge...
...ridiculous for freshmen to live in the Yard and park their cars all the way in the B-school" says Devon R. Quasha '02 who shares a Jeep Cherokee with her twin brother Grant. Last year, after trekking to Allston to pick up their car, they attained a spot in DeWolfe during the wintertime. This year, assuming that DeWolfe would be his SUV's home, Grant, who is a Crimson Editor, continued to park his car in DeWolfe. Still, he entered the lottery like everyone else...
Watching the races from the Allston side of the Charles, Sarah appeared to be having a good time, dangling her feet at the edge of the water...