"The mayor and city acknowledge that higher education is a vital contributing influence to the city of Boston," Grogan said.
Planning the 52 Acres
Discussions about how to use the land across the River are still in the preliminary stages, but some at the University have been throwing around suggestions of expanding the Law School and the Graduate School of Education to the 52 acres, according to Grogan and other officials.
The land will probably serve--at least in part--an academic purpose, officials said. A committee has been studying the University's long-term space needs and its potential for growth since 1998; in two years, it will make a recommendation to the administration, Fineberg said.
"I'd like to see [the project] move along," Grogan said. "I think it's a great opportunity. The growth in Cambridge is going to be very limited."
But Ray Mellone, chair of the Allston-Brighton Task Force, contended that the process of getting approval for construction plans could be long and arduous.
"They're entitled to own it," Mellone said. "Can they occupy it? That's another problem."
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