| Newton MA News and Politics BlogJohn Hilliard reports in the Boston Globe that a group of residents have sued to block the NewCal Senior Center project.

A group of Newton residents is asking a Middlesex Superior Court judge to block the city from spending money on a proposed replacement for the Newton Senior Center, and order a city commission to reconsider whether the existing property should be protected from demolition.

The Senior Center, which was built in the late 1930s as the Newtonville Branch Library and converted into its present use about three decades ago, is being eyed by city leaders as the future home of the Newton Center for Active Living, which would serve as an upgraded home for its senior services.

In a 24-page complaint filed May 23 by more than a dozen Newton residents, the plaintiffs argued the project would destroy a historic building and an adjoining public park that had been upgraded using taxpayer-funded Community Preservation Act funds.

“The City’s planned demolition and park conversion… would result in the loss of one of Newton’s most iconic buildings,” the court complaint said.

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