Library Park Planning Kick-Off Picnic

On May 28, 2008, Harvard hosted a community-wide picnic with Allston neighbors and representatives of the City of Boston to begin the planning process for Library Park, a new park to be built behind the Honan-Allston Library.  Over 400 people attended the picnic on a beautiful spring evening to share their thoughts and ideas about the planning and design for the new neighborhood park.

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City Board Gives Approval to Allston Science Complex Plans

Harvard University has received the approval from the Board of Directors of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) for plans for the Harvard Allston Science Complex. The four building complex, to be located on Western Avenue in Allston, is slated to become the new home of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and other emerging interdisciplinary scientific initiatives at Harvard. The announcement follows an extensive review process with the Harvard Allston Task Force, the Allston community and the City of Boston, and marks an important milestone in Harvard's ongoing effort to create an extended campus in Allston.»Read More

Harvard University Submits Multi-decade Master Plan for Harvard in Allston

Harvard University unveiled a vision for its future, filing with the City of Boston a proposed Institutional Master Plan for the first stage of the physical evolution of an interdisciplinary campus in Allston, including new areas for science, professional schools, the arts, and housing, as well as new open spaces and amenities for the community.

»IMP Press Release(PDF, 40 Kb)

»The Plan for Harvard in Allston (Draft), Executive Summary - January 2007(PDF, 12.4 Mb)

»Harvard University Allston Campus Institutional Master Plan Notification Form

Harvard in Allston Exhibit Room

The popular exhibit of Harvard's evolving concepts and plans for development in Allston is open to the public.

**The Harvard in Allston Exhibit Room will be closed from July 7, 2008- July 14, 2008**

The Harvard in Allston Exhibit Room is located in Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. For more information please email allston@harvard.edu or call 617-495-3525.