The new plan, if adopted, will bring much-needed attention to an area that has not seen major improvement in the past two decades, Cambridge City Manager Robert W. Healy says.
“That’s a focal point of Harvard Square that needs some sprucing up,” Healy says.
Though the plan’s developers have approached City Council members, the city has yet to officially adopt the proposal or set aside funding for it, according to Healy.
Despite the major construction projects ahead, Harvard Square stakeholders have said they do not expect the essence of Harvard Square to change dramatically.
“It’s like Harvard. It doesn’t really change,” Donohue says.
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—Staff writer Kerry M. Flynn can be reached at kflynn@college.harvard.edu.