“This project helps to achieve that goal.”
While residents said they are not opposed to the University housing more of its graduate students, they decided that legal means were the only way to halt construction of a building they feel is just too large and will have a negative impact on the area.
“Harvard just ran this through for approval,” Carlson said. “We don’t have any alternatives.”
—Staff writer Imtiyaz H. Delawala can be reached at delawala@fas.harvard.edu.