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Faces, Norris and Lesley projects get Planning Board approvals
By Marc Levy
Published: March 3, 2011
Apartments to replace the former Faces nightclub on Route 2, more time for plans to replace a former school on Norris Street and an elaborate Lesley University arts building were all approved Tuesday by the Planning Board.
Classes coexist in recession-era Cambridge
By Marc Levy
Published: November 15, 2010
Starting today, Cambridge Day is taking part in a project called Voices of MainStreet — a weekly, nationwide Q&A in which editors at the money and lifestyle site MainStreet.com ask questions and bloggers answer them. Here’s the first entry, in which I answer how the Great Recession has affected me and Cambridge as a whole. A summary of my answer: Hard to tell.
Eye on the future, MLK seeks to be Chinese-language immersion school
By Marc Levy
Published: October 10, 2010
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School is seeking to become a Chinese immersion school, meaning students would be taught in English and Mandarin Chinese. An Oct. 25 information night is scheduled to discuss how and why.
Bursting the tea bubble: Kendall brew is overpriced, not very good
By Marc Levy
Published: July 12, 2010
As a rule I want Cambridge businesses to succeed — especially in Kendall Square, which needs more vibrant retail. But can the square’s new boba tea business succeed by charging more than its competitors for a worse product?
Nice shot: Still not as long as Monopoly
By Marc Levy
Published: June 23, 2010
How long does it take to finish the game of Life? More than 30 years, apparebtl
Some wild cards will complicate, enliven elections
By Marc Levy
Published: November 3, 2009
Today is Election Day, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the vote count beginning in the Cambridge Senior Center after polls close and the ballots from all 33 precincts arrive. It looks good for City Council incumbents, but there are some wild cards, and results can’t be expected before Wednesday.
Complexity can sour relationship with city
By Marc Levy
Published: November 21, 2005
Cambridge is an easy city to love, and love passionately. Like all intense relationships, though, it’s easy for love to turn to loathing. Newcomers can be instantly charmed by the city, overwhelmed by the choice of cuisine and enraptured by the vibrant street life. Emerging from the T at Harvard Square on a day in [...]
Zoning change spares avenue retail
By Rick Guinness
Published: November 4, 2005
With looming growth of Harvard and Lesley universities giving its actions a special edge, the city’s Planning Board has proposed a change in zoning laws between Harvard Square and the Alewife Brook Parkway to keep retail business on Massachusetts Avenue. It came after exhaustive discussion with neighborhood groups, who say they are “a little bit [...]
Lesley think tank launches with ‘Think Swank’
By Marc Levy
Published: November 2, 2005
Lesley University went black tie last night to inaugurate the latest chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, a think tank of students who’ve set out to turn term papers into white papers and volunteerism into policy. The institution, formed earlier this year, already has more than 120 schools involved and recently distributed the first issue of [...]
Lesley project on track
By Marc Levy
Published: June 16, 2005
Lesley University is on the verge of signing an 85-year lease with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority for the air rights to the Porter Square commuter rail tracks, meaning it would deck over them and build above. The move would expand Lesley’s presence in the area — the T stop’s name would become “Porter/Lesley” — [...]