Word: caged
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...longer. In a decision roundly criticized by architects and historians, athletics department officials authorized the destruction of the Cage. The University's director of comprehensive planning, Harris S. Band, sheepishly justified the destruction by noting that the University "did not come to [the decision] quickly or lightly...
Built in 1897 by Langford Warren (the first dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Design), Carey Cage's eclectic design bridged the styles of architects ranging from H. H. Richardson to Frank Lloyd Wright. As the first steel-frame building on the campus, it stood as a link between the University's 19th-century development and its 20th-century rise to prominence...
Even apart from its aesthetic value, the Cage served important functions for athletes that cannot be matched by existing facilities. Space available for Olympic bench presses, power squatting and power lifting has been cut by more than 60 percent. We agree with point guard Jessica C. Gelman '97 that "this is pretty pathetic for a Division I program...
Athletics officials cited the need for expanded racquet facilities and a new entryway to justify their arbitrary destruction of the Cage. But there is plenty of space for facilities behind the Harvard Stadium. And if such an historic structure could be knocked down only three years after being renovated, we cringe to think of what modern monstrosities are next. Astroturf lining the soccer fields? Luxury boxes grafted onto Harvard Stadium...
These and other eyesores must be averted. Clearly the beadles who destroyed Carey Cage have little or no respect for architectural history...