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Most controversial are its holdings in Cambridge and Allston, across the river. > Based on data from Harvard’s building records, Harvard owns 9.56 percent of t
by greeneggs 8y ago
Most controversial are its holdings in Cambridge and Allston, across the river.
> Based on data from Harvard’s building records, Harvard owns 9.56 percent of the land in Cambridge, 5.70 percent in Allston, and 0.27 percent in Boston.
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- giggles_giggles 8y agoHarvard is in Cambridge.
- kevinventullo 8y agoAlso, the business school is in Allston, and the engineering school will move there in a few years.
- cowsandmilk 8y agoWhen discussing Harvard in Allston, good reporters should spend the time to deconvolute their holdings. They have lots of campus holdings, and that is growing, but they also own plenty of things that aren't campus. They're the landlord for my auto repair place (Oriental Car King) and for the shopping mall with my grocery store (Brighton Mills). These aren't becoming campus any time soon in anything that Harvard has announced.
- zerohp 8y agoI stumbled across a planning map during my time at University of Illinois. It was marked showing 50, 75 and 100 year expansion possibilities. The land supporting 100 year expansion is already owned by the university and leased for commercial use. Harvard is 200 years older than UIUC. I'm sure they are also planning for 100 years in the future.
- cbm-vic-20 8y agoIndeed. In the past, Harvard seriously considered how to re-route the Charles River so they can "unite" their Cambridge and Allston campuses.
- arkades 8y agoAllston is across the river.