Word: larz
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Larz Anderson Bridge, which was used in the late spring, is now fully completed, the painting of the lamp-posts marking the final step in its preparation. The heating tunnel from the power plant on Boylston Street to the Yard has also been finished, and Linden street and Holyoke Place are again open thoroughfares. Weld Hall has undergone alterations which have improved it with more modern conveniences; electric lights, shower baths, and a new plumbing system having been installed. Owing to unavoidable obstacles and delays, the Widener Memorial Library has not been progressing as rapidly as had been hoped...
...Larz Anderson Bridge is a great improvement over the previous structure and is to be entirely completed for Class Day, with the possible exception of the paying. It was built by Larz Anderson, of the class of 1888, in memory of his father, Nicholas Longworth '58. The cement sidewalks are already in place. The bridge is constructed of reenforced concrete with granite and red brick trimmings, and is 440 feet long and 60 feet wide. Its completion marks the end of congested crowds going to the games and exercises in the Stadium...
...Stadium, Soldiers Field, Nov. 22.--At 1.15, 15,000 people were in the stands and mobs were pouring across the new Larz Anderson Bridge. The field was in perfect condition, with a slight breeze blowing from the south...
...each end of the new structure stand two memorial obelisks. The tablets for these have been designed by Larz Anderson but are not yet ready to be put in place...
...would be superfluous to call attention to the superior accommodation offered by the new bridge given by Larz Anderson, of the class of '88, in comparison with the former structure. It would be just as unnecessary to compare them in point of beauty. The only remark pertinent at this time is to express the gratitude of all patrons of Soldiers Field, no less sincere because not formally expressed, and to assure Mr. Anderson of a permanent place in our minds along with other givers of good things for Harvard...