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The AHC has come under a great deal of criticism from the surrounding Roxbury community. Most recently, on Dec. 7, Louise Day Hicks, acting as a member of the Public Services Committee of the Boston City Council, sent a letter to Edward S. Gruson. Harvard assistant to the President for...
Hicks sent a similar letter on Oct. 13, but Gruson said that it was not answer-ed because of his hospitalization at the time. Gruson added that his assistant, Donald G. Moulton, was not familiar with the Roxbury area, and therefore was unable to answer the letter properly.
The letter demanded answers to a number of questions pertaining to Harvard land ownership in the Roxbury area and to the AHC. It called for Harvard to disclose the exact amount of its property in the Roxbury neighborhood and its development plans for the area.
It questioned, too, whether Harvard had made a commitment to the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard that no development would proceed without the consent of the community, and whether the AHC plans would be discussed with the community.
Objections from the community itself were voiced by a Mission Hill resident and architect, John Sharratt. "I really don't think people object to the hospital itself-if it has to be built, it has to be built. But the fact that the AHC is being so secretive has made...