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...Great Hall is one of the finest creations of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White and, as such, enjoys a privileged position in their renowned architectural monograph. It is a monument to the splendor of the American Gilded Age and is an irreplaceable example of an historic episode in art and architectural taste. It can no more be created today than one could create a Botticelli tondo or a Cellini bronze: its makers have died and, with them, a precious moment in history. It is the high calling of great institutions--universities, cathedrals and museums--to preserve, protect...
Committee members' concerns are based on the planned renovations to the 1901 building, which was designed the firm McKim, Mead and White...
Parsons says Goody, Clancy & Associates, the architects charged with the Memorial Hall and Union renovations, looked carefully at McKim's building, attempting various design proposals...
Parsons and Goody say these renovations remain true to the original intentions of McKim, Mead & White...
...think that there are a slew of McKim, Mead & White specialists who would be pained to see anything changed," Goody says. "There is a small group that feels strongly and receives a maximum amount of publicity...