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Whether the new building remedied this problem has since been debated, but the fund-raising campaign, boosted by William Randolph Hearst, was a cheering success. Soon a triangular lot bounded by Plympton, Bow, and Mt. Auburn Streets was purchased, and architect Edmund Wheelwright, one of the Lampoon founders, was commissioned to design the building...
Finances have always figured prominently in Lampoon affairs, however, especially since its present home was built. Efforts to make the magazine more solvent included the renting of shops on its Plympton Street side. One of the most famous of these was a basement restaurant called "John's Petit Lunch." Even as early as 1916, John P. Marquand wrote in an article for the Transcript: "The Lampoon has come into almost more than its own. That is, it is still paying for its building on the installment plan...
Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors should come to 14 Plympton...
...tonight runs true to form, a horde of undergraduates will crowd into 14 Plympton St. at 7:30 p.m. Exactly what draws them no one is quite sure: curiosity, thirst, and in most instances, the editors hope, interest in journalism...
Last night, as the paper went to bed, it was raining steadily outside the Crimson Printing Company's offices at 14 Plympton St. There has been some disagreement over whether this deluge was predicted with sufficient accuracy by the local weather prophet...