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...administrators, can say for sure whether Harvard's most prominent croquet court, lot 81, will emerge from the limbo that swallowed it after the commuter center plan faltered. Indications are that no long-term commitment of the land can be expected in the next five to ten years. The interim version of the planning office's "Long Range Plan for Harvard University and Radcliffe College in Cambridge and Allston" classifies the lot as being without any "foreseeable" prospect for future development. Supratik Bose, manager of long range planning, believes that Red Line subway extension work will force many cars down...
What will happen then to the land until Harvard finds the "important use" Goyette talks about? Moulton (who says he "couldn't say for sure" who uses the land) admits the lot has never been completely studied for an interim use, and he promises that if the area is not expected to see a major use for an "extended period of time," it will be analyzed for an interim use. But the final choice, he adds, might not differ from the present...
...alternative for lot 81 is suggested in the interim long-range planning report, which classifies the land as a "potential pedestrian precinct," making it one of the targets for a possible "major effort to improve the existing outdoor space environment." However, the interim report (issued in June 1974 and scheduled for a final release late this fall) also says such an effort "will require funding beyond the regular maintenance budget...
Moulton takes a more open stand on the land's future. While an analysis of interim proposals might favor the current arrangement, it could just as well lead to creating a park with benches for reading and sitting and a volleyball net for recreation, he said. Public interest, he added, will hasten a decision on the park's destiny...
...which will be achieved first." Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was only half-joking as he described the status of Middle East peace negotiations last week. But as his latest shuttle between Alexandria and Jerusalem approached its conclusion, there was an air of conviction that the long-sought interim peace agreement between Egypt and Israel will be initialed this week...