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Harvard’s Plan For North Allston

Artist rendering of Barry’s Corner Residential and Retail Common, which will include approximately 325 housing units.

The project was approved by the BRA in April of 2013

As the area exists today.

The Gateway Project -- Harvard is planning to develop a mixed-use facility for academic and administrative offices on the upper levels and ground floor retail space to complement the Barry’s Corner Residential and Retail Common. The Gateway Project will be built on the site of the current Charlesview Apartments, which are set to be demolished.

Above: Three possibilities for the Gateway Project building.

Mixed Use Facility and Basketball Stadium - Will be built at 175 Harvard Ave, currently the site of the Harvard Educational Portal. The Ed Portal provides educational support for Allston students and adults by Harvard faculty and students. The Ed Portal will be moved elsewhere.

In 2007, the BRA approved Harvard’s Science Complex. Construction began in late 2007, but Harvard stopped after the 2009 global financial crisis. The area has remained a pedestrian-impermeable construction zone. They have resumed work on the Science Complex and have retained the original architects, Behnisch Architekten.

Above--the 2007 artist renderings of the Science Complex.

Renovations are nearly complete on the new building of the Harvard Ceramics program at 224 Western Avenue. The program was previously located at 219 Western Avenue.

224 Western Avenue

Harvard’s projects and expected timeline