Word: indoor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Currently, Hadzi has two commissions on his hands. Later this year he will see the installation of his yet-unnamed sculpture fountain in the indoor atrium of the new Copley Place mall in Boston. Running up and down the center of the 60 by 30-foot sculpture are large granite pieces with varying colors, shapes and textures. Water runs down from the top, occasionally disappearing behind the granite. Flanking the middle section on either side are "gates" of travertine from Italy, Turkey and Iran. The inside edges of the travertine billow in and out like waves, or what Hadzi calls...
First he tries to woo the kid by walking him into the Indoor Track and Tennis Center (ITT) and showing him the track--a facility some call the fastest in the world. Sometimes that's all it takes. But sometimes the visitor asks the question Haggerty doesn't want to hear: where's the outdoor track? Haggerty usually just says "It's in the Stadium." Rarely does he bother to show off the run-down four-lane cinder circuit...
That recommendation included plans for a pool, a hockey rink, an indoor track and tennis facility, squash courts, a basketball arena and a plush complex of underground lockerrooms. After several alterations and abbreviations of those optimistic blueprints, most of the plans have been realized. By 1980, the University had built Blodgett Pool and the ITT and renovated Watson Rink...
Briggs Athletic Center--which was converted last year from an indoor track with a dirt floor to a basketball court with a portable astroturf covering--suffered from minor structural problems in its first year of use. Though most athletes and coaches using the facility praise it as an excellent multi-use complex, some complain of inadequate ventilation and problems with the worn floor surface. Officials call these problems "minor" and say repairs are currently being considered...
Having completed most of its projected improvements on new facilities used by varsity teams, the athletic department may next focus on an older structure, the Indoor Athletic Building, a structure currently used almost exclusively for recreational and intramural activities. "That's a great building that just needs some work," says Reardon. "I was hoping someone would come forward and want their name put on it, but that hasn't happened." Reardon cites problems with the filtering system for the 50-year-old building's pool and rotting wood on the windows as areas needing attention. The department also plans...