Office plan or superstore is a false choice, and contradicts Mr. Vickery's asserted commitment to working with the community. W.R. Grace dumped a witch s brew of toxic chemicals at their Alewife site in North Cambridge. They did this in violation of state and federal laws, not by accident, but in pursuit of lowered costs and increased shareholder value. Simple morality requires that when you make a mess you clean it up. That is what I and my neighbors want.
Grace wants to leave it there.
Grace wants to build 1 million square feet of office space in six buildings, 45-85 feet tall, all within 500 feet of the rotary at Route 2 and Alewife Brook Parkway. A total of more than 2,000 parking spaces would be required. For comparison, the Porter Square Mall contains 126,000 square feet of retail space. Much of the parking would be underground. Its construction would inevitably disturb the toxic waste.