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For more than three centuries Harvard has been celebrated as a curator of historical architecture. But recently, the University's reputation for historical preservation has been attacked by a number of alumni and architects infuriated by the renovations planned for the Harvard Union.
Reiff and other critics say they are alarmed by the proposed changes to the Union because it is an important example of architecture by the firm of McKim, Mead & White, a firm noted for its grand interiors.
In a letter to Goody, Rice informed her of his intent to stop his alumni contributions to the Graduate School of Design and the Business School in order to "cause the University Facilities people to realize the beauty and wonder of the architecture that has been passed on to them...
Perhaps officials unschooled in architecture couldn't distinguish Carey's frame from a ski lodge (which, admittedly, it did rather resemble). Nevertheless, the storm of protest from experts in the field of design should have been more fully considered. As architectural historian Douglass Shand-Tucci '72 complained, "Even the crudest...
"I don't see why there would be a problem in moving a steel frame building as long as the building was not especially huge," said Cynthia Zaitzevsky, a lecturer on architectural history at the Radcliffe Seminars Program and the author of several articles on area architecture.