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...Cambridge Board of Survey held a public hearing in the Cambridge City Hall last night to consider the petition presented by the University and the University Associates proposing that a suitable parkway be constructed from the College grounds to the Charles River Parkway...
...speaking for the University Associates, Mr. E. R. Champlin said that if the Parkway was to be made it should be done immediately in view of the fact that the narrow streets running from Quincy square to the river are rapidly being choked with expensive buildings which will soon make the improvements impossible. Mr. Champlin gave as reasons for the Parkway: first, it would be of great convenience to the public in serving as a terminus for the driveway from Boston to Cambridge; second, DeWolf street is the best sight for the Parkway, as it is the shortest route from...
...Cambridge Board of Survey will hold a public hearing at the Cambridge City Hall at 8 o'clock this morning to consider the petition of the University and the University Associates for a new parkway leading from the Charles River Parkway to Quincy square...
...University, together with the University Associates Trustees, submitted on Tuesday to the Board of Survey of Cambridge a petition proposing that a suitable parkway be constructed from the College grounds to the Charles River Parkway. It is planned to widen and level DeWolf and Bow streets with a view to providing a dignified and suitable roadway between the parkway and Quincy square. By the opening of such an avenue a direct passage would be established from the Boston park system through the Cambridge esplanade to the University grounds. It is urged that immediate action be taken on the ground that...
...hundred and four men took part in the second cross country run of the season, yesterday afternoon. Before the start, leaders were appointed to keep the men together. The course was the reverse of the one used last time. Starting from the Locker Building, the men went down the Parkway, along Western avenue, and home by way of Harvard street, in all about two and a half miles. All were in one squad and there was no break at the finish. The time was about twenty-four minutes...