Allston
The Nemonic Plague
A plow surges through snow-covered streets near the MBTA Green line's Harvard Street Stop in Allston on Friday evening. The blizzard, ostensibly dubbed 'Nemo,' prompted Governor Deval Patrick to declare a state of emergency for the Boston area.
Lacking Space, SEAS Plans Allston Expansion
As the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences awaits its planned move across the river to Allston, the school is in search of short term solutions to immediate problems created by a lack of space.
Allston Residents Criticize Plans To Move Campus Services
Speaking at the Harvard-Allston Task Force meeting Wednesday night, Allston residents criticized Harvard’s proposed relocation of some campus services, a move which they say intrudes into a residential area.
Engineering School To Move Across River, SEAS Faculty Criticize ‘Allston Bomb’
The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will relocate “in almost its entirety” to University-owned land in North Allston in as few as five years, University President Drew G. Faust told The Crimson Tuesday.
New Program Puts the Universe into View
Allston-Brighton residents gathered to watch Professor Alyssa A. Goodman exhibit the computer program, which allows users to interactively explore and learn about millions of objects in the universe through visualization.
Harvard Seeks to Reengage Allston Architect
Harvard is in the process of reengaging the architect who originally had been tapped six years ago to design a new science complex in Allston the first time the plan was proposed.
Allston Residents Celebrate Community Center
About 45 members of the Allston-Brighton community gathered at noon on Wednesday at the construction site of the relocated Charlesview Residences housing complex to celebrate the progress of the ahead-of-schedule building project.
TOP 12 NEWS STORIES OF 2012
While some stories of the past 12 months captivated the attention of people outside of Cambridge for a moment, others had a sustained and meaningful impact throughout the year on Harvard’s campus. On the last day of the year, The Crimson looks back at the 12 stories from 2012 that mattered the most at Harvard.
More Plans for Barry's Corner
This rendering of Samuels and Associates’ proposal for a mixed-use complex with 325 rental units at Barry’s Corner in Allston was released Monday.
Proposed Relocation Draws Criticism from Allston Residents
A plan to relocate several University facilities on Harvard’s property in north Allston came under fire Tuesday evening at a meeting of the Harvard-Allston Task Force. Task Force members said that the changes would diminish the scenery, vitality, and safety of the residential area surrounding 28 Travis Street.
Kendall Square: An Incubator for Allston
Once a post-industrial wasteland, the now-vibrant Kendall area could provide a model for Harvard as it reboots plans to transform the underdeveloped Allston neighborhood into the University’s research hub.
Letters Express Concern Over Environmental Impact of Harvard in Allston
Letters to the Boston Redevelopment Authority about Harvard’s Institutional Master Plan Notification Form (IMPNF)—a rough draft of the University’s plans for Allston—ask Harvard to look for ways to protect the area against floods and rising sea levels.
Professor Explores History of Photography
Today almost anyone can snap a photograph at a moment’s notice with a cell phone, but photography has acted as a medium of democratic expression since its conception, History of Art and Architecture Professor Robin E. Kelsey suggested at the Harvard Allston Education Portal Tuesday night.
University To Sell Arsenal on the Charles
The Arsenal on the Charles in Watertown has enjoyed a storied existence since its founding in 1816. Next year, it will move on to the next chapter of its existence as the headquarters of electronic health records company athenahealth, Inc., which will buy the 29-acre property from Harvard for $168.5 million.
Allston Task Force Questions Development Plan
The Harvard-Allston Task Force criticized Harvard’s North Allston development plans in a letter sent to the Boston Redevelopment Authority last week and later obtained by The Crimson.
Harvard Plan Criticized by Allston Residents
Allston residents criticized several details of Harvard’s Institutional Master Plan Notification Form—a draft of Harvard’s Institutional Master Plan for Allston development—Wednesday evening during a public meeting at the Business School.
Allston Residents Anxious Over New Arena
Residents worried that Harvard's newly proposed basketball arena, slated for completion sometime between 2017 and 2022, and the noise that comes hand-in-hand collegiate sporting events might disrupt the predominantly residential neighborhood surrounding the proposed site.
Allston Education Portal Increases in Size
Amidst pottery demonstrations, make-your-own-parachute stations, and the strains of a jazz quartet, Harvard students and faculty, and parents and children from the Allston community gathered to celebrate the recent addition of an annex that tripled the size of the four-year-old Harvard Allston Education Portal.
Harvard Officially Files New Allston Plan
The plan outlines nine major proposals for Harvard’s properties across the Charles River, all of which the University expects to complete within a 10 years.
Faust Says Allston Complex Will Be A Capital Campaign Focus
University President Drew G. Faust said that building Harvard’s long-delayed Science Center in Allston will be a focal point of the University’s imminent capital campaign.
Amaker Discusses Plan for New Basketball Arena
Lavietes Pavilion has been around since the Roaring Twenties, but Harvard basketball fans may soon be roaring in a brand new arena.
University Unveils New Blueprint For Allston Development
After nearly year of discussion and drawing up blueprints, Harvard took a major step toward restarting Allston construction projects and outlined future development plans—which include the construction of a new basketball stadium—at Thursday’s Harvard-Allston Task Force Meeting.
Harvard To Build New Basketball Arena
On the heels of a record-breaking basketball season and in the midst of a dominant run for Crimson football, Harvard will replace its undersized basketball stadium and renovate the nation’s oldest football stadium.
Allston Update
Elkus Manfredi Architects released updated details for the development of Barry’s Corner at the Allston Task Force meeting on Monday. Greater amounts of retail space are planned to encourage the location to become a new hub of activity.