Forging a Connection with immigrants and literacy PAGE6 ~ Community Newspaper Company Ill www.allstonbrightontab.com FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2003 Vol. 8, No. 12 Iii 52 Pages Ill 3 Sections 75¢ New fashions Harvard plans its sizable Allston future By Jill Casey STAFF WRITER "I for one don't want his week Harvard Uni­ versity released its broad Allston to be just T vision for the next phase student housing and of development in Allston. The long-awaited statement did not nothing more. I want offer too many specifics, but did the academic uses and give indication that they hope to transfer many of its integral aca­ bio-tech and medical demic programs across the research. I think the Charles River to Allston. 'This is a critical time in Har­ life sciences are the vard's history, as it is for all high­ future for much of er education .... At such a time, the properties Harvard has acquired Allston Landing." in Allston afford us a historic op­ portunity to innovate, to grow City Councilor and to build our long-term acade­ Jeny McDennott mic strength, while also con­ tributing to the vitality of our im­ With more than 200 acres of portant home communities," said property holdings that they have Harvard University President PHOTO ev ZAAA TZANEV acquired in Allston since the Last week, many people ventured from watchln# the Red Sox at home t o watching the Models from Maggie Inc. show the latest Lawrence Summers in an open fashions at Saks 5th Avenue at Tonic - the Mel L,ounge In Brighton. The event was held to raise money for the Franciscan Hospital for statement to the community. HARVARD, page 25 Children. See story on page 15. Bedbugs still taking bites out of locals A look at shapes ~~,;,;.:.;,....... - ......~ e bedbu~L~au..;ethe)l-onlyemerge.. of things to come By Erin-Smith CORRESPONDENT • Andrea Terner was travelmg at night to feed on human blood. Although By Jill Casey where-dialogue was focused abroad last July when she found they are no~ disease c~:rs, be_clbugs severe- STAFF WRITER There is no magic solution. Eliminating ly affect children's sensitive skm. mainly on the massing or bedbugs is extremely difficult and time con­ out that her condo in lower Evidence of bedbugs includes large itchy Contrary to the first Water­ shape of the new residential suming, a Boston Public Health official told . swellings on the skin, blood spots on bed works Design workshop, Mructure, and not the renova- · Allston and Brighton residents on Thursday All ston ha d be en mvaded by sheets or cracks in the wall and a sweet odor. comments on architectural lion of the Low or High Ser­ of last week at the Jackson Mann Communi­ vice pumping stations which• ' bedbugs. When she returned to Allston-Brighton's bedbug problem was design from stakeholders ty Center in Allston. • brought to the public's attention during a were quickly smothered by have existed on the site since Juan Gonzalez of the Allston-Brighton the U.S., she decided to stay community meeting last May, when many the development team irt U1e late 19th century. Community Development Corporation and favor of discussing more A large number of people with friends in Jamaica Plain residents leave the city for the summer. Ayubur Rahman, a senior health inspector at • • • • Andrea Temer was traveling abroad last generic items associated with uttended and provided con­ the Boston Public Health Commission, rather than hve m her buddmg. July when she found out that her condo in the redevelopment of the his­ structive feedback on the de­ spoke during a community meeting aimed at lower Allston had been invaded by bedbugs. toric Chestnut Hill site. velopers' preliminary plans, educating area residents on how to identify, When she returned to the U.S., she decided This past Tuesday, stake­ which did not include any vi­ prevent and treat bedbug infestations. 11eighborhood. to stay with frie nds in Jamaica Plain rather holders and the Waterworks suals indicative of the design. Bedbugs, who received their namesake be­ Bedbugs are now a nationwide problem, than live in her building. development team convened The meeting primarily con- t:ause they tend to live in mattress seams, according to Gonzalez, who said that more "I was basically afraid," said Temer, who for the second workshop, WATERWORKS, page 13 than 28 states have reported bed bug infes­ have oval, flattened bodies about 1/4-inch tations, including the Allston-Brighton long and are reddish-brown in color. Victims BEDBUGS, page 25 lNSIDE Evans visits with History: the personal version . good crime news Center working on an oral history of (But commissioner can't save the Red Allston-Brighton Sox from a horrid end to the playoffs) By Jiii Casey StAFF WRITER By Chris Orchard worked for 33 years," said Com­ CrlRRESPONDENT missioner Evans, who was a Have you ever wondered what the Anxiety filled the police com­ lieutenant in Allston-Brighton street scene in Brighton Center looked munity relations meeting last early in his career. This is "one like in t11c 1930s, or what Allston was ENTERTAINMENT week on Thursday night. In last opportunity to come out and like before the student invasion? about one hour, Roger Clemens say thank you," he said, "I owe Bill Marchione has already written would throw the first pitch in the an awful lot to this community two books on Allston-Brighton's history, The range of tragic Game 7 of the American for all the support it's given." and has set his sights on a new approach League Championship Series, In a way, the trouble expected to historic documentation which in­ Rembrandt at and Police Capt. William Evans that night isn't new to Allston­ volves interviewing residents about their was anxious about the potential Brighton. Large numbers of roots and experience of living in this the MFA for trouble ome mobs. rowdy people pouring out of bars area of Roston. Those who attended the meet­ at closing time, drunken students Quest1cms such as where did you play ing were MX.ious. as Red Sox creating a raucous on the streets wl)eo you were young, or are you still ~SEEPAGE 17 fans, for that night's important as they stumble home, and out­ touch With childhood friends, are just a game. But as Allston-Brighton of-control parties are all prob­ couple of the questions that are posed to residents, they also feared the lems that occur when you mix residents. On the surface, these ques­ INSIDE rowdy and intoxicated crowds popular bar-hopping territory tions ml\y not seem too telling, but in marching through their neigh­ with mas es of young people. Marchione's view, they render a vivid Commentary . 11 borhoods lihould the Sox win. It Throw a major sporting e\'ent picture of what the neighborhood was was into this cauldron of antici­ into the mix and problems inten­ like and how it has changed over time. Community Notes 3 pation artd nerves that Police sify. "The lpoint) of oral history is that we Commis!'.!1oner Paul Evans. STAFF PHOTO 81' KATE FLOCK really want to show how diverse Boston Crime 5 That night Capt. Evans and brother to Captain Evans. his crew were basically prepar­ John Perry, a Harv~rd University historian, records an really h;. We feel this center is a reaJly stepped w deliver a farewell to ing for a magnified version of oral history from a local resident. Perry Is working on a good way to capture that," said Mar- Entertainment 17 the people of Allston and what they see every weekend. project about the Immigrant experience In Brighton HISTORY' page 25 Brighton and Allston. Ubrary Notes 14 ''This was the nicest place I POLICE, page 8 Obituaries 31 "l": FREE O NLINE . 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