NO RECOMBINATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
City Council Chambers Cambridge City Hall Massachusetts Avenue 795, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesOn a hot summer evening in 1976, the Cambridge City Council faced a packed hearing room—and a decision that would echo across the globe. At the center of it all stood Mayor Al Vellucci: sharp-tongued, fearless, and ready to take on science itself. The issue? A new biohazard lab designed for groundbreaking recombinant DNA research—celebrated […]