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Who says Harvard never does anything for Allston?
By adamg on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 3:59pm
The U is opening a batting cage and mini-golf course in a former garage on Western Avenue that will be open to the public for free on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays:
The site was host to a temporary ice skating rink last winter. The new use is part of Harvard’s ongoing commitment to strengthen the active stewardship of its properties and improve community vitality in Allston.
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It's a shame they couldn't put in a full driving range and just let you hit the balls out over the yards of blankness where their missing building should be next door.
That's silly! Driving ranges
That's silly! Driving ranges are meant to be
on the medianmuch closer to arterial roadways.Hey, they were back again today
As I passed Weld, one of the young 20somethings (aren't they banned from West Roxbury? At any rate, hardly a common sight) was strolling onto the parkway to pick up one of his balls.
They should be banned. The
They should be banned. The proper parkway median athletic event is croquet, which is played by the septuagenarian set along West Roxbury Parkway.
Yes, every Monday between Memorial and Labor Days
These brash upstarts are right across the parkway from where the croquet guys are. The nerve! Also, the croquet guys know better than to whack their balls hard enough to have them wind up in the paths of speeding cars.
If they do
Is that one or two bonus strokes?
And the reverse question
Given that these new guys are young and seem in good shape, how many points would I get?