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But officials say no large development will take place in Allston for decades. They say purchases like the one in Allston are the University's way of providing for the next 50 or 100 years, without knowing what lies ahead.
"We spend a lot of time looking at the uses and functions of the buildings we already have," Zeckhauser says. Examples include the renovations of Memorial Hall, the Barker Center and Boylston Hall.
When Rudenstine arrived at Harvard in the early 1990s, most of the Allston land purchases had already been made.
Although the University purchased the land discreetly, the acquisition wasn't made to circumvent the desires of the community, Rudenstine says.
"I don't think it was thought of as some great scheme," Rudenstine says.