October 2009 - Neighbors - lists.buenavistasocialclub.org

FW: Red Line/Blue Line Connector Meeting Monday, 26 October 5:30-7:30 PM
by Ruth Ryals 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

I will plan to go. Anyone want to go with me? Ruth From: Craig Kelley [mailto:craig@craigkelley.org] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:35 AM To: Craig Kelley Subject: Red Line/Blue Line Connector Meeting Monday, 26 October 5:30-7:30 PM Folks: Of all the Mass Transit projects in the works, I think the Red Line/Blue Line Connector Project has the potential to be the most useful for Cambridge, allowing an easier connection from the relatively inexpensive housing North of Boston on the Blue Line to the large job pool in Kendall Square and, to a lesser extent, further West at Alewife. Unlike both the Urban Ring and the Silver Line, this is a true rail project that would extend the Blue Line about 1500 feet underground to the Red Line MGH/Charles Street Station. Just about anyone who has ever taken the Red Line/Green Line/Blue Line connections to the airport (or anyplace else) will understand what a change this project would make. It would also help get people off the platforms at Government Center and Park Street. As I understand it, some of our MBTA limitations revolve around how many people can move across the T platforms at one time, so having a connection like this would take a bit of that strain away. The Executive Office of Transportation is having a public meeting on this project on Monday, 26 October from 5:30-7:30 PM at the Shriners Hospital Auditorium at 51 Blossom Street in Boston. You can learn more about the project at www.mass.gov/eot/redblue. You can also call Scott Hamwey at 617-973-7210 or email Scott.Hamwey(a)eot.state.ma.us. I hope many of you can go- in an era of shrinking funds, projects like this one will need all the help they can get to be built. Thanks. Craig

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FW: Looking for an apartment
by Ruth Ryals 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

Can any of you help? Ruth -----Original Message----- From: Jan Brown [mailto:janbrown@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:00 PM To: Ruth Ryals Subject: Fw: >Dear Ruth (and all): > >A current Upland Road resident is looking for a 2 bedroom + study rental in the neighborhood. Preferred price range: $1500-1800, with utilities. Access to laundry, basement or other storage area, and deck or yard space for small scale gardening. This is a professional who wants a quiet location, for work at home, and who also is a parent with two teenage daughters who would be part-time residents. He does some travel during the academic year, and is in Europe for part of Summer. Contact: (617) 492-3992 (home) or (617) 852-6326 (mobile) or oliverappaix(a)yahoo.fr > >Thank you for reading this note all the way through (!), and for any help you may have to offer. > >Sincerely, >Jan Brown >18 Buena Vista

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FW: img001
by Ruth Ryals 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

Hey, A Yard Sale! -----Original Message----- From: Jan Brown [mailto:janbrown@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 11:44 AM To: janbrown(a)earthlink.net Cc: tinekc(a)verizon.net; kelli.washington(a)aya.yale.edu Subject: Fw: img001 Dear All: Will you please send Columbus Weekend bargain hunters my way on Sunday, for a yard sale with plenty of stuff for recycling, up-cycling and old fashioned bicycling (especially kid stuff). An information flyer is attached. And, since I'm still doing a WOOP! on the Obama Nobel news, how about I sign off with a Mahalo, JB

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FW: [PSNA] Maud Morgan Visual Arts Center Launches with Groundbreaking | Cambridge Community Television
by Ruth Ryals 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

fyi From: psna-bounces(a)lists.portersquare.net [mailto:psna-bounces@lists.portersquare.net] On Behalf Of karen m klinger Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:07 AM To: psna(a)portersquare.net Subject: [PSNA] Maud Morgan Visual Arts Center Launches with Groundbreaking | Cambridge Community Television Folks, I have a new post on CCTV NeighborMedia about the groundbreaking event last evening for the Maud Morgan Visual Arts Center. Lots of people were there, the barbecue food was great, a nice time had by all. (Alas, Henrietta Davis is shorter than the other speakers were, so in the photo, the mic obscures her face a bit--oh well). The story notes that Jason Weeks of the Cambridge Arts Council talks about the benefit to the community not only of the visual arts center but its role along with Lesley and the Art Institute of Boston in the "development of an arts district in Porter Square." Please check it out if you can. Karen http://www.cctvcambridge.org/node/27040

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FW: Main Library Grand Opening Thursday, 29 October 5-7:30 PM.
by Ruth Ryals 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

fyi From: Craig Kelley [mailto:craig@craigkelley.org] Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:45 PM To: Craig Kelley Subject: Main Library Grand Opening Thursday, 29 October 5-7:30 PM. Folks: I thought you might be interested in this update on the Main Library's Grand Opening (and then, on a different date, its becoming open for business). The recent Grand Opening of the Sheila Russell West Cambridge Youth and Community Center was really a stunning event, and I suspect the Library's grand opening will be even more so. If you have been by the Main Library recently, especially from the Broadway side, you've probably been impressed at the scope of this 80,000,000 dollar project. The Grand Opening will give you a chance to learn more about it and to start enjoying what it has to offer (though it doesn't actually open for business until Sunday, 8 November). If you go to this page, http://www.cambridgema.gov/CPL/announce.htm, you should find some links to the Library's building plans and its Green components. Hope to see many of you there. Craig Announcement from the Director (10/8/09): The community is invited to an Open House and Ribbon Cutting at our new Main Library building on Thursday, October 29 from 5-7:30 PM. The official ceremony will begin at 6:00. RSVP is required for the ceremony. Please call 617-349-4032. Library services will not be available that evening. On Sunday, November 8, the Main Library will open for library services from 2 -5 and will be open its regular hours from then on. Details to follow. * Hours will be: Monday -Thursday 9-9 * Friday & Saturday 9 - 5 * Sunday 1-5 (November through April) Children's Room Hours * Monday -Thursday 9-7 * Friday & Saturday 9 - 5 * Sunday 1-5 (November through April)

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FW: Linnaean Street 2nd Community Meeting - October 15, 2009
by Ruth Ryals 06 Oct '09

06 Oct '09

I pass this along in case any of you who drive/bike/walk Linnaean or connected streets want to attend. From: Avendano, Juan [mailto:javendano@cambridgema.gov] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:56 AM To: rryals(a)comcast.net Subject: Linnaean Street 2nd Community Meeting - October 15, 2009 Hi Ruth, FYI, attached please find the flyer sent to residents regarding the second community meeting for the Linnaean Street project. I also wanted to ask you if you could put the flyer of the list-serv. Thanks, Juan P.

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