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There are few things that unite Harvard planners, Allston residents, and city officials. But in this case all groups agree: a proposal to put more control of University expansion into the hands of Boston city councillors is a “huge mistake...
...It’s more important to remember that we have a huge amount of planning already invested into this process,” she said referring to the four years that the University, along with the BRA and residents, put into the North Allston Neighborhood Strategic Plan. “We’ve said all along that, yes, our instance is unique, but it actually provides for better services to the city and to split us up would not make sense for the city and would not benefit the city...
...hosted a team from the pros since the NFL’s Boston Patriots played there in 1970. If not for the recent upgrades, the drought probably would have continued, Director of Athletic Communications Charles V. Sullivan said. “I think [the upgrades] played a huge role,” Sullivan said. “We wouldn’t have even entertained the idea on a grass field, because that would certainly come at the expense of a field that can be used for our students and our varsity teams.” The Boston Cannons...
...When the rail project was launched in 2001, the Tibetan government-in-exile called it "a disaster for the Tibetan people," and warned that it would attract huge numbers of ethnic Chinese to the province and upset fragile ecosystems. In a 2003 white paper Chinese officials denounced those concerns as the work of the "Dalai [Lama] clique and the international anti-China forces" who ignore "the progress in the ecological improvement and environmental protection work in Tibet." The paper argued that economic development was necessary to protect the province's environment. But officials in Dharamsala argue that average Tibetans...
...these people jump and shout along with their favorite anthems of soca and calypso - particularly favoring Machal Montano, the biggest name in Caribbean music since Bob Marley - blasting from huge trucks equipped with gargantuan sound systems. Rigs of the same size serve a bottomless supply of drinks. "I've always heard about it, so my other expatriate friends talked me into doing this," Fred Bauer, 46, an engineering designer who moved to the country a year ago from Texas, told me. "I'm from the South so I know what Mardi Gras is like. Here, it's a different flavor...