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Knafel Center Seeks Community Approval

Zewinski and Power say the biggest resident concern remaining has to do with the intensified use of the Coolidge Hall and UIS plots.

"It's just a bigger building and there will be more people," says David A. Zewinski, the associate dean for physical resources and planning

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And what if Harvard's plans can't get final approval from the city?

"Then it's back to the drawing board," Zewinski says.

Zewinski says, however, that Harvard's accommodation of community concerns should make this outcome unlikely.

Administrative Hassles

Although the architectural plans for the Knafel center are on the verge of being finalized, the prospect of construction still remains far in the future. Even if Harvard successfully navigates the public approval process, a huge task of construction and relocation remains.

UIS still must find a new space, Zewinski explains--and the process of looking for a new location and moving there will likely last until 2001.

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