Word: becks
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Recent developments in the Beck Hall situation make the proposition of the erection of a ten story apartment house a matter of interest to Harvard men in general. A new aspect has been put on the project according to a statement of the purpose of the building issued yesterday by G. P. Davis '14, trustee of the Beck Hall Property...
...group of Harvard graduates are backing the plans for the proposed building. They intend, in the erection of the new Beck Hall, to furnish a permanent home for Harvard alumni and those connected with the University close to the College itself. Advantageous in its position near the Harvard Union, with entrance on Harvard Street, it will be possible for graduates of the University to make it a center of their activities while here in Cambridge. Davis stated that the construction of an assembly hall for social functions had even been considered...
With the entry of the University authorities into the lists against the proposed erection of an apartment, building on the site of Beck Hall, as reported in yesterday's edition of the CRIMSON, Harvard takes official action in an attempt to preserve a cherished landmark. Resistance to the march of progress is usually a hopeless task and the rapid growth of Cambridge as a commercial city has brought far more advantages on the whole than the occasional unfortunate results it has had upon the college. Yet there are instances where opposition is not only feasible but beneficial, and the present...
...oldest dormitory buildings outside the Yard, Beck Hall has never been in the possession of the University, but it has been a favorite of Harvard men all during the fifty old years of its life. For the past few years its status has been doubtful, and heretofore zoning regulations have effectively prevented the erection of any building such as is now contemplated. If they are overthrown in this Instance, a precedent will be set which will expose a large district adjoining the college to commercial development. Such a process of absorption of the residential areas of a growing city...
...Davis also said that he thought it was extremely doubtful that a possibility existed for students of the University to room in the new apartments. This will be the first time since 1876 when Beck Hall was first built that it has not been inhabited by members of the University. The original building cost approximately 100,000 dollars...