Word: spaces
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...large attendance would be the quadrangle between Sever and University Halls. It is shielded from the street, is capacious, and beautifully shaded. The Glee Club sings on the steps of Sever Hall on Class Day, and the fact that it can be heard even at the extremities of this space shows that there would be little difficulty in hearing the Commencement speakers, who address a much quieter audience. The weather will spoil the best laid plans, but for an outdoor gathering, this part of the Yard is almost ideal...
...prospects for a splendid new Germanic Museum are very bright. Professor Bestelmeyer of Dresden, assisted by Professor H. L. Warren of Harvard, will have charge of the construction of the building. The Museum will stand on the oblong space between Kirkland street, Frisbie place, and Divinity avenue, opposite Randall Hall. It will consist of two wings, placed at right angles to each other, with a large tower at the juncture. Between the wings will be a court, for which shrubbery, statuary, arcades, and water-basins have been planned. One of the most prominent of the statues which will decorate this...
Plans for the clubhouse of the Harvard Club of Boston, whose construction was proposed in the fall, have taken on a more definite shape. After careful consideration, the corner of Commonwealth and Massachusetts avenues has been chosen as the sight. The entire space will not be occupied, plenty of room being left for future addition...
...living room, a billiard room, and a cafe. A spacious assembly room, Harvard Hall, will take up the greater part of the second story, providing ample quarters for large dinners and meetings. Behind it there will be a library and a private dining room. The rest of the space will be devoted to sleeping and bath rooms. In all, the clubhouse will probably contain about forty-five bed-chambers. In the basement will be a swimming pool, and in an ell outside the building, four squash courts...
...cars to be used in the tunnel will be 70 feet long. Five of these cars, which will make up a train, will occupy the same space as seven of those now in general use on any of the street car lines in Boston...