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Article: Super hassle on Memorial Drive
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 3, 1994
CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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"Make no small plans" was the motto of urban planner Daniel
Burnham, the designer of the 1893 Chicago world's fair, whose manmade
lagoons and towering office buildings enthralled Americans a century
ago.
That quest for bigness endures. But today's farseeing city
planners need to respect limits and persuade businesses and residents
to do the same.
A plan to build a 62,000-square-foot Stop & Shop superstore on
Memorial Drive in Cambridge has polarized the community. Most
parties want a food store on the site but disagree on size and
neighborhood impact. Stop & Shop, which operated a store there for
nearly five decades before closing its doors in May, says it's bigger
or bust.
The ...