The report plots three potential sites for science facilities: one opposite Western Avenue from the 213-unit Charlesview apartment complex; a second between Charlesview and Harvard Business School (HBS) centered on Ohiri Field, and a third using parts of both sites.

THE NEW RIVER HOUSES

The report also details the potential sites for four undergraduate Houses­­—to hold a total of 1,500 students—on the south shore of the Charles River.

Among the proposals, first reported by The Crimson last week, is one that places Houses between Harvard Stadium and the river, a spot currently occupied by College athletic facilities.

Another plan appears to appropriate existing HBS dormitories next to Soldiers Field Road for Houses. Still another would build new Houses on empty land between HBS buildings near the Weeks Footbridge.

Summers said, however, that expanded undergraduate housing in Allston did not mean the College was trying to swell its student ranks.

“The priority for Harvard College now has to be increasing the faculty-student ratio...we’ve never contemplated the possibility of growing the College over the horizon of the next decade,” Summers said.

THE NEXT CONNECTION

Whatever components of the University eventually relocate to Allston, planners say that a reliable link between the two campuses will be essential.

Currently, cars and pedestrians cross the busy Larz Anderson bridge connecting John F. Kennedy and North Harvard Streets. Pedestrians can also use the Weeks Footbridge to the east. But that bridge, built in 1924, fails to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to McGregor, Cooper, Robertson’s managing partner.

The report sketches possible improvements to both bridges, including aligning the Weeks Footbridge with DeWolfe Street and adding a lane for transit.

But two other proposals suggest constructing a new crossing entirely. One plan would extend the existing MBTA bus tunnel in Harvard and Brattle Squares underneath the Charles to emerge near Harvard Stadium.

And another plan would erect a bridge on Harvard property between the two existing bridges. It would permit cars to drive from Mill Street, between Gore and Standish Halls of Winthrop House, to East Drive on the current HBS campus.