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University Hall officials unveiled the blueprints of a plan to drastically reshuffle facilities at the College Friday, including gutting most of Hilles Library to make way for student activities and relocating Harvard’s dance program to a modified Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (QRAC...
While there is no final plan for the renovated libraries and QRAC, construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2004 in Hilles—which will retain one floor as a consolidated Quad library—and in Lamont, which will upgrade its technology and open a new media and music center...
Major problems with the QRAC include the fear of depriving Quad residents of much-needed amenities and concerns about pitting student athletes against student artists...
While scenarios for turning the QRAC into a joint dance-recreation facility are under consideration, any renovations to the structure would be complicated by tensions with Cambridge residents. The QRAC’s neighbors, who originally opposed its construction, might be reluctant to see additional renovations, especially since the center is largely underground and would likely be difficult to convert...
...With the QRAC and Market Theater possibilities under close scrutiny from planners and arts administrators, McCormick and Bergmann say they’d still like to see discussion of a larger performance space than Rieman. McCormick says FAS planners are so concerned with “maintaining the status quo” that plans to construct a new building are unlikely, especially given the current fiscal climate...