Word: cuno
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cuno introduced the notion of a new museum to University President Neil L. Rudenstine several years ago, according to the Faculty source...
...that meeting, held primarily to discuss University plans for a tunnel underneath Broadway to connect the Fogg and Sackler museums, Cuno hinted obliquely that he would like to build a museum on the river...
...Cuno said he had asked world-renowned Italian-architect Renzo Piano, who attended the meeting, to examine the range of possibilities for the Mahoney's site...
...next anyone heard of the project was in February, when Cuno had a "Dear Neighbor" letter sent to residents of the Peabody Terrace area near the Mahoney's site. In the letter, Cuno addressed preliminarily the "exploration of the possibility of creating a new space for the Harvard University Art Museums along the Charles River...
...tentatively worded letter Cuno cautioned, "It has not yet been determined that a museum space is the best institutional use for the property, it is an idea that I have encouraged the University to explore," but promised to communicate further with the community when circumstances warranted...