“In advance of the first public meeting on the project, scheduled for Thursday night, the wish list for the project and accompanying free land is as wide-ranging as it is lengthy: A network of world-class bike and walking paths. A Harvard campus expansion. Thousands of new housing units. A Boston Marathon memorial pedestrian overpass. A hulking Olympic stadium. A new West Station that could provide a rapid transit rail link between Allston and Cambridge.” - excerpt from Plans for straightening Mass. Pike stir expansive visions, article by Martine Powers, Boston Globe, 4/10/2014. Photo by Jonathan Wiggs / Globe Staff.
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/09/highway-project-holds-promise-for-revamped-region/2lCX89t55FWnHWSxmZe2xM/story.html
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