Word: historicization
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A plan to raze four historic but rotting wood-frame buildings in the heart of Harvard Square and replace them with a new shopping arcade is drawing fire from area preservation groups.
But to make the plan work, Cambridge Savings Bank first must secure demolition permits to raze the historic buildings, which are located across from Out-of-Town News in Harvard Square.
All four of the structures are included on the National Register of Historic Places. The earliest--the Joseph Reed House--dates from about 1780, while Farwell's store, at the main intersection, was built in 1792. The four separate, three-story structures were connected behind a single store front in...
THE BUREAU HAS ALWAYS WALKED A DIFFICULT beat, one that lies at the heart of American ambivalence. Largely through historic accident, the agency acquired responsibility for regulating three of the nation's most popular yet dangerous products: booze, cigarettes and guns. Its forebears include the "revenuers" who hunted moonshiners and...
"People have a very romantic image about Harvard, about it being very historic," she says. "But too many people see Harvard the institution and not the people."