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CRA board gets new members — and they could kill Google project, agency’s director says
By Marc Levy
Published: April 10, 2012 at 03:16 PM
The Google connector building approved by the City Council last month could yet be stalled or ended by the new board members of the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, that agency’s executive director said.
Courthouse bid deadline is the same in reposted state document
By Marc Levy
Published: April 7, 2012 at 09:28 AM
The state’s request for developers looking to remake East Cambridge’s hulking former courthouse is back online after the original was withdrawn and developers’ bids and deposits were returned last month. The changes seem minimal.
Commission OKs jazzy Liberal Servings for Harvard Square
By Marc Levy
Published: April 6, 2012 at 05:53 PM
The proposed Harvard Square restaurant Liberal Servings got a fast-tracked 3-0 approval this week from the License Commission, bumped up to 358 seats and given a 2 a.m. closing time.
City manager proposes four for Cambridge Redevelopment Authority
By Marc Levy
Published: April 6, 2012 at 08:19 AM
The city manager’s suggested appointments to the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority board — and to the Kids’ Council — are in. Some are very familiar names.
Weak controls, weaker excuses, on Cambridge Redevelopment Authority
By Marc Levy
Published: April 5, 2012 at 02:04 PM
The only thing dumber than the way the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority is being run is trying to excuse the way the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority is being run, but on Monday the authority’s executive director and Cambridge’s city manager dared to be dumb.
Liberal Servings proposed as ‘neighborhood brasserie’
By Marc Levy
Published: April 2, 2012 at 03:29 PM
The team behind Liberal Servings, the restaurant for Harvard Square, calls it a “a neighborhood brasserie” with live music meant as background for hearty, “moderately priced bistro fare.”
Yoki coming to replace Floating Rock in Central
By Marc Levy
Published: April 2, 2012 at 01:42 PM
Central Square’s Floating Rock restaurant opened, struggled and closed in a few short months, but its fallback plan — merging with a Japanese restaurant — looks to outlive it. Yoki has a sign up in place of Floating Rock, and says it’s hiring.
Sunday aggregation: SCVNGR paintball; walkable city; Kendall bakery
By Marc Levy
Published: April 1, 2012 at 07:25 PM
SCVNGR will be holding a charity paintball contest Friday before its building is torn down; Cambridge’s is still the country’s most walkable city; and Brookline’s Tatte Bakery & Cafe is coming to Kendall.
Saturday aggregation: Boston Properties on housing, more comedy in Central and Pfizer hoping to leave Alewife for Kendall
By Marc Levy
Published: March 31, 2012 at 04:42 PM
Boston Properties “has yet to commit to housing in Kendall Square”; Nick’s Comedy Stop will be holding shows in the recently opened Moksa; and Pfizer is continuing its consolidation into Kendall Square by seeking to move 700 workers from its Alewife space.
New courthouse process could start this week
By Marc Levy
Published: March 28, 2012 at 03:48 PM
The reboot on remaking the former Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse could start as soon as Friday, said Tim Toomey, the state representative and city councillor with the deepest ties to the East Cambridge neighborhood around the hulking building.