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...This is a pretty big idea and no one has said yes yet, but we think it makes a lot of sense,” said Harvard’s Director of Physical Planning Harris Band at a meeting of the Harvard-Allston Task Force Monday night. He added that the plan had been “gently discussed in a lot of different circles...
Band also presented the task force with possible locations for new parking lots to replace the parking that will be lost in the construction of new buildings. Planners currently envision putting all parking lots underground, an expensive proposition in an area that is converted marshland...
...threatening pressure sores. But the men were sustained by water of doubtful quality that was trickling down the rocks, and had just enough room to stretch their legs, though not to stand. Rescuers used narrow piping to deliver clean water, protein drinks, vitamin tablets, clothes and lighting. As the task of drilling an escape tunnel through quartzite rock dragged on, they dispatched distractions such as magazines and music players. The miners bore injuries thought to amount to stiffness and minor cuts...
...Smith Halls and Old Quincy—that wouldn’t make much of a statement either. But it should put a fresh spin on Harvard’s old charm, make a bold new statement while affirming Harvard’s identity. This is no impossible task: while recent history is literally littered with anathema (Pound Hall, and the new building at 90 Mt. Auburn St.), the University has managed to evoke rather than revoke with boldly modern Maxwell Dworkin and Hauser Hall, among others. With a bevy of talented architects, it should have no trouble outdoing those...
...will be introduced to the Harvard community at the pub’s opening. To encourage students, faculty and alumni to visit the pub, 1636 will not be available anywhere else but Queen’s Head. Corker also said he and the members of the HSA Pub Task Force are negotiating with the Fogg Art Museum to possibly display some of Harvard’s historic artifacts at Queen’s Head. One of these pieces is an original gargoyle from a tower of Memorial Hall which burned down in 1957. The gargoyle landed safely in the snow...