Leaf of the Year, 2012

Leaf of the Year, 2012. Found on Cambridge Street near Felton Street, Cambridge MA, October 6, 2012. Nude photographs posed and captured behind Harvard University's Center For Government and International Affairs.

 

Harvard Spin Doctors In Action

Four examples of how Harvard University spins the facts before city boards and commissions at hearings for their Center for Government and International Studies.

Harvard Spin Doctors In Action from Mencken on Vimeo.

No Parking

Three construction projects in Cambridge MA took their toll on trees and parking spaces in one neighborhood. First is the Harvard upgrading of the Fogg Museum on Broadway, Quincy Street and Prescott Street. This project took down at least seven trees (I can't remember all the trees that are missing). It eliminated 21 parking spaces on Prescott Street for at least the 24-36 months the project is taking. The second project is the upgrading of the Cambridge (High School) Rindge and Latin School, on Broadway, Cambridge Street, and Felton Street. This project blocks 28 to 31 spaces on those streets and at least three large growth trees. Again I can't remember all the trees before the project began. The third project is a now completed Harvard Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) on Cambridge Street and Prescott Street. That project permanently removed 26 parking spaces, which Harvard promised to replace with alternative spaces. It is not known if they did and where they are. Some trees were cut down for this project too. A fourth project also within a four block radius is the new $91 million public library on Broadway near Trowbridge Street. The above ground parking spaces for the library were destroyed. An underground garage now exists. It is not known if there are more or less library spaces now. About 75 parking spaces are unavailable for now.

Harvard's Steps to Heaven

These images show the new Center for Government and International Studies (Terra Cotta brick, North Building) at Harvard University on Cambridge Street. Next is the Graduate School of Design with the stepped formation climbing the stairway to heaven. The final building is the tower of Memorial Hall.

Harvard University's CGIS, Knafel Center

At hearings in 2007 before the Cambridge, Massachusetts City government Harvard University's contractors, architects, landscapers, etc., made 4 (among many) questionable statements before city boards and commissions. This is a regular occurrence. City officials participate in these glorified charades and try to silence any criticism of the abuses of the process. Below the video are some still images from 2009 of what replaced the buildings that were destroyed.

Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS), Harvard University's Knafel Center North Building.

CGIS North and South Buildings, looking north on Prescott Street.

Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS), Harvard University's Knafel Center South Building.

Rear CGIS South.

BeLive with Alex, Guest Host Roy Bercaw, April 6, 2000

Roy Bercaw is the guest host of BeLive with Alex on CCTV. He discusses Cambridge City's new website, Knafel Center, CGIS, Harvard University's motto, Mid Cambridge Historic District Commission, Sanford Lieberman, KSG, Academic Focus, Kai Bashir, Human Experimentation, Monsanto, Bovine Growth Hormone, Jane Acre, Steve Wilson, Prosilac, Ralph Nader, Biodevastation, Through-the-wall technology, U.S. v Kyllo, Boston Fire Department, Gene Therapy.

Cambridge Environment October 31, 1999

Roy Bercaw, Guest Host on Cambridge Environment discusses Harvard University and the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Knafel Center AKA Harvard's Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) and shows a clip of his video about Priorities in Cambridge.

Harvard Cherry Picker

This cherry picker was parked alongside the new South building of Harvard's Center for Government and International Studies on Cambridge Street. The yellow plastic tape use as a warning looked as if it was meant to protect the picker from being stolen, or for keeping people from climbing on it.