Word: bricks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Brick Row Print and Book Shop, recently incorporated by a group of Yale graduates, desirous of offering undergraduates the chance of forming a discriminating acquaintance with old books and prints, was informally opened at New Haven early in the week. Some 200 undergraduates and about 25 members of the faculty were present. Professor E. B. Reed of Yale outlined the prospective growth of the new shop and its many advantages...
...unique establishment was opened to Yale men in New Haven yesterday in "The Brick Row Print and Book Shop." It is incorporated by a group of graduates, desirous of offering undergraduates the chance of forming a discriminating acquaintance with old prints, and of coming to love old books. This new shop, opened in the rear of the new brick building on High street, which already houses Yale's publishing interests, promises to be an interesting step in Yale literary activities...
...Brick Row Print and Book Shop" will be conducted along lines similar to those of the well-known book and print shops of England and of New York. E. Byrne Hackett, for the past six years director of the Yale University Press, has resigned to accept the management of the shop. Mr. Hackett will continue his connection with the University Press in an advisory capacity...
...photograph in yesterday's paper shows the general outward appearance of the recently-completed structure. The building is two stories high in front, this portion being constructed in Georgian style of Harvard brick, with limestone trimmings. This arrangement makes a large roof-garden over the rear section of the building, leading directly off from the editor's sanctum, which occupies the entire second floor of the front of the building. The ground floor of the front portion contains the offices of the president and business manager. The middle portion provides quarters for the news and editorial staff of the CRIMSON...
...building has a three-story Georgian facade, of Harvard brick, laid in Flemish band, like that of the Harvard gates, with limestone trim. The Colonial porch, the white door with its brass knocker and fanlight, along with the iron railing on the balcony above tipped with brass knobs, all add unusual features to the "street of clubs." Harvard Hall, heart of the club, formerly the dining room, now the lounge, has been pronounced the noblest and one of the most beautiful rooms in America...