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...their heyday, Einstürzende Neubauten (whose name translates literally to “collapsing new buildings??) were amongst the pioneers of industrial music. Their sound was a chaotic brew of growled vocals, droning noise and their trademark: loud, clanging percussion made by banging power tools against metal (among other techniques). Twenty years later, the scene is but a faint memory and the band’s lineup has been halved, but their experiments in rhythm and texture continue...
...Harvard, Jeremy R. Knowles, who announced his retirement yesterday as dean of the Faculty; my favorite computer scientist Harry R. Lewis ’68, who moonlights as dean of the College; and David A. Zewinski ’76, a.k.a. THE MAN when it comes to College buildings??he gets his pay check for being the associate dean of physical resources and planning for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...plan itself is straightforward enough. To build CGIS according to current plans, the University would demolish two existing Harvard buildings and erect new terra cotta and glass structures in their places. A tunnel would cut across Cambridge St. to connect the buildings?? basements...
...October 1998, the University unveiled a new plan. Coolidge Hall would be razed, along with another Harvard building across the street that houses University Information Systems. In their place, two major new buildings??connected by a costly tunnel under Cambridge Street—would form the heart of CGIS. Four historic houses nearby would be renovated for use as Harvard research centers, and one of them the University had to buy and would have to relocate several blocks away at a cost of about $1 million...
After Cambridge residents blasted the buildings?? appearances at a series of community meetings, the University sent the architect back to the drawing board and, within 60 hours, returned with a completely redesigned plan, replacing the boxy facades with sweeping arcs of glass windows. Harvard also agreed to reduce the buildings?? height and set them farther back from the street...