[MassHistPres] Cambridge Historical Society Announces Symposia on the Inner Belt Project

[Heli Meltsner]

The Inner Belt was a proposed eight-lane highway that would have  
connected U.S.
Route I-93 to U.S. Route I-90 and I-95 through a ring road through  
Somerville
and Central Square and across the B.U. Bridge and beyond through  
Boston to the
Southeast Expressway. A group of city planners, community activists,  
universities,
and politicians formed a coalition to block the construction of this  
road. Their actions
preserved much of Cambridge and attracted national attention as one  
of the earliest
community efforts that blocked an infrastructure development. It  
became the rallying
cry of many later political movements in Cambridge. We will be  
hosting a seris of
programs on the history and legacy of the inner belt. Read on to  
learn about this
history and our speakers, or attend one of our upcoming events.
cry of many later political movements in Cambridge. We will be  
hosting a seris of
programs on the history and legacy of the inner belt. Read on to  
learn about this
history and our speakers, or attend one of our upcoming events.
A Project of the Cambridge Historical Society
Co-sponsored by
● MIT
● Lincoln Institute
● Livable Streets
Underwriten in part by:
● Irving House
● Forest City

THE INNER BELT SYMPOSIA
Program One: The Role of Planners
Working with Community Groups
Wednesday | April 4, 2012 | 6:00-8:00 pm
Room 32-155 Stata Center MIT
Featuring Fred Salvucci, Tunney Lee,
and Robert Goodman
Hosted by Mayor Henrietta Davis


Program Two: The Community Organizers
Thursday | April 19, 2012 | 6:00-8:00 pm
Lecture Hall, Cambridge Public Library
Featuring Ansti Benfield and Barbara
Norfleet.
Hosted by Karolyn Crockett


Program Three: Legacy of the Inner Belt
Wednesday | April 25, 2012 | 6:00-8:00
The Lincoln Institute, 113 Brattle Street
Featuring Anthony Flint, Jack Wofford,
and Susanne Rasmussen
Hosted by Richard Garver
Go to http://www.cambridgehistory.org/calendar/innerbelt1   for more  
information.
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