Allston Task Force Addresses DoubleTree Hotel

Employees of the DoubleTree hotel in Allston raised a demand for equitable treatment in the workplace during the Harvard-Allston Task Force meeting Monday night.

Allston Residents Unhappy with Limited Shuttle Service

While Allston and Brighton residents can now take the Harvard shuttle across the Charles River to Harvard Square for free, some residents have expressed concerns that the benefits of the shuttle service are negligible without an extension of existing shuttle routes.

What Happened in Allston This Summer?

This summer, while you were off studying abroad, interning at a consulting firm, or just sticking around the Cambridge bubble doing research, Harvard’s neighbors across the river were busy debating proposals for Harvard’s development in Allston and a community benefits package to go alongside it.

University Proposes $13-15 Million Community Benefits Package for Allston

The proposed improvements, which center around the public realm and community programming, represent the University’s suggestions for projects it plans to fund alongside its proposed construction in Allston.

Allston Residents Question Short-Term Impact of Harvard’s Plans for Barry’s Corner

One task force member expressed skepticism that Harvard will be able to revive Barry’s Corner in the next five years because several planned projects in the area are not scheduled for completion until years later.

Harvard-Allston Task Force Polls Residents on Open Space Benefits

The community benefits package, which is being developed in tandem with the master plan, will include projects and initiatives intended to improve the neighborhood.

University Files Institutional Master Plan for Development in Allston

The 275-page document, a draft of which was filed last October, details plans for approximately 1.4 million square feet of new construction and 500,000 square feet of renovation.

In Grand Opening Ceremony, Allston-Brighton Residents Celebrate a New Community Center

The new Josephine A. Fiorentino Community Center will be open for meetings and special events for the duration of the summer and then open up at full operation in the fall.

Opening a Community Center

Father Frank Glynn, pastor of St. Anthony's and chair of Charlesview’s Board of Directors, delivers opening remarks at the grand opening ceremony for the Josephine A. Fiorentino Community Center Sunday afternoon.

Harvard-Allston Task Force Debates Community Benefits Priorities

Members of the Harvard-Allston Task Force continued to debate their priorities for community benefits at their meeting Monday evening as part of an ongoing discussion about Harvard’s Institutional Master Plan for Allston development.

Following Preview of Master Plan, Allston Residents Call for New Discussion Forums

Suggesting that existing avenues for community conversations about Harvard’s new Institutional Master Plan for Allston development are insufficient, community members both within and outside the Harvard-Allston Task Force on Monday called for new forums to amplify the voices of residents.

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and other officials look on as Elsa Rojas (left), a current Charlesview resident, and Angela Holm (right), a former Charlesview Apartments resident and the Allston-Brighton coordinator for the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, cut the ceremonial ribbon at the new Charlesview Residences apartment complex in Allston-Brighton on Friday.

Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino delivers remarks before the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of the new Charlesview Residences apartment complex in Allston-Brighton on Friday.

Charlesview Residences Open for Residents Ahead of Schedule

Speaking at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday celebrating the opening of the new Charlesview Residences apartment complex in Allston-Brighton, government and Harvard officials praised what they described as a successful collaboration between the community, several partners, and the City of Boston.

Harvard-Allston Task Force Raises Concerns About Community Benefits Conversation

Members of the Harvard-Allston Task Force voiced concern at their meeting Monday evening that they are being given too little time to discuss the long-ranging impact of the community benefits package to be included as part of Harvard’s new Institutional Master Plan for Allston development.

SEAS, Crossing Over

Faculty members and students alike have already begun expressing concern regarding SEAS’ ability to remain integrated in a liberal arts education from its future home across the river.

The decision to move SEAS to Allston has some faculty and students worried that physical distance will hinder the school's mission of integrating engineering and applied sciences with the liberal arts.

The decision to move SEAS to Allston has some faculty and students worried that physical distance will hinder the school's mission of integrating engineering and applied sciences with the liberal arts.

Faust Looks Forward

While Faust's responsive leadership style has worked during tumultuous times for both the University and the world, it remains to be seen whether she can use her renowned communication skills to renew and refine inherited ideas and lead Harvard through an ambitious, 21st-century capital campaign.

A Cultivated Partnership

In January 2014 Menino will step down from the Boston mayorship, a post he has held since 1993. The city’s longest-serving mayor, Menino has collaborated with Harvard through four serving presidents, land purchases in Allston, and the rise of online education.

Harvard-Allston Task Force Begins Discussions on Community Benefits

The Harvard-Allston Task Force engaged in the first of a round of discussions on community benefits in Harvard’s new Institutional Master Plan for Allston development at a task force meeting Wednesday evening.

Sommer Highlights Cultural Agency at Allston Ed Portal

In a speech that drew mixed reactions from an audience of about 30 Allston-Brighton residents, Romance Languages and Literatures Professor Doris Sommer described art’s potential for social empowerment both in the community and internationally at the Allston Education Portal Tuesday evening.

Harvard's Barry's Corner Projects Approved

Harvard’s proposal for the Barry’s Corner Residential and Retail Commons in Allston was unanimously approved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority board Thursday evening. The project is slated to break ground in the fall of 2013.

Harvard Awards Grants to Allston Nonprofits

CommonWheels—an Allston-based bicycle collective dedicated to fostering a community of cyclists—is one of ten Allston based nonprofits to receive a grant from the Harvard as a part of the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund. Last month Harvard pledged to extend the HAPF, which was founded in 2009 and has granted money to 20 nonprofits, by $500,000 dollars over five years.

Harvard-Allston Task Force Criticizes University for Not Providing Benefits

Members of the Harvard-Allston Task Force and other Allston residents criticized Harvard for what they called a failure to include sufficient benefits for the neighborhood in their Barry’s Corner development plans at a meeting on Monday evening.