community presentation of harvard university's allston master plan

8/22/2019 Community Presentation of Harvard University's Allston Master Plan

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What Will BarrysCorner be in the next

5 years?


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Now - 2018

HBS & Athletics

2020-2024Projects thatmight improveBarrys Corner

2018-2020Science Complex


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2014

Vacant

Parking


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2015

Vacantdemo fall 2015

Parkin

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2015


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2016

Empty

Parkin

gParkingParking

2016


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2017


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2018

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What Will Barrys

Corner be in 10 years?


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Harvard Basketball /Student Housing (2020-2024)

~150 units of student housing 60,000 sq ft basketball arena

10,000 - 30,000 sq ft of retail


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Science Complex - 2006 proposal

Science Complex - 2013 proposal

Harvard anticipates that the sciencecomplex will include active ground flooruses and approximately 5,000 square feet

of retail development along Western Ave.


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2006: 62,0002013: 5,000

Harvards evolving plan

removed 57,000 square feet ofcommunity-friendly space as


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Harvards Retail Plan


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Harvard Basketball /Student Housing

The Task Force asked:

How could a partnership with an

organization such as the YMCA make theproposed facility part of the Allstoncommunity and allow public use when

Harvard students are not practicing orcompeting?


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Gateway Project (2020-2024)

250,000 sq ft of office space

An active ground floor supporting permeabilitywill include mixed use activities, comprising

service, retail, and/or other institutional uses andprogramming.


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Harvards Proposal


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Transportation


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Harvards 10 year Plan Includes

One million square feet of new building space New basketball arena Enhanced football stadium ...

This does not include

Science Complex (650,000 sq ft)

325 apartments in Barry's Corner New parking & heavy vehicles on Travis St


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Reducing Car Usage

Harvard University is a leader among

Cambridges large employers inmaintaining an exceptionally low SingleOccupancy Vehicle (SOV) rate.

Harvards Goal in Cambridge: 25%

Harvards 2012 result: 13%

Allston (as of 2006): 59%

Harvards Goal in Allston: NONE


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Harvard's Proposed New Roads

Private roads that service Harvard buildings

Will they help people get toBarry's Corner from

Brookline, Cambridge, Watertown, or Mass Pike?

Will they reduce traffic

that drives through Allstonheading elsewhere?


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'Academic

Way'Accomplish?


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With the addition of newroads around theScience Complex,residential Windom

Streetwill be an obviousand fast cut-through

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Stadium Way in HarvardsLong Term Plan

E t D i d


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East Drive proposed

by Harvard in 2007Would provide direct outbound accessto the Mass Pike


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From Harvard in 2007

Intercept locations for garages,to keep cars from the

neighborhood streets and centerof campus and to minimize

traffic movements across andalong Western Ave and North

Harvard St.


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Quality of Life during

Harvard Construction


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Harvards Construction PlanDoes not protect

Windom Street

Unclear how thisinteracts with plannedconstruction of the riverbridges & CambridgeStreet overpass


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Harvards IMP:

Each of the individual IMP projects will berequired to prepare a Construction

Management

Plan (CMP) in compliance with the CitysConstruction Management Program.

Each CMP will be submitted to the BostonTransportation Department (BTD) once finalplans are developed for each projectand theconstruction schedules are fixed.


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Summary


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Notes

Harvard has not established a mode share goal for its Allston community. As part of the 2007 20Year Master Plan ENF and IMPNF (both ofwhich have since been withdrawn by Harvard), Harvard indicated that An automobile mode share of 50 percent for employees has beentargeted for Phase 1. This mode share should be achievable by continuing and enhancing the current TDM program and improving thepedestrian, bicycle, and public transit networks to and from the Allston Campus.

Although 7 day a week public access cannot generally be guaranteed at this stage of planning, the activation of ground floor uses will strive toencompass as much of the week as practical.

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