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...seemed that the venerable stadium--the oldest reinforced concrete structure of its kind--was falling apart. "There are parts where it's so corroded that you can hit the steel beams with a hammer and it crumbles," Reardon had said...
...Reardon and several University planners launched a project last fall to repair the disintegrating structure. The University allocated $7 million for a complete renovation. Steel support beams were to be replaced. Acres of concrete slabs were to replace the weather-worn grandstands. A new press box was to be built...
...THIS, Reardon assured, was to be done in time for last Saturday's Harvard-Yale Game...
Sure, Mr. Reardon, we all thought, Sure it will...
Those who had witnessed the last chapter in the saga of athletic facility renovations--the conversion of Briggs Cage--wondered whether we could ever take Reardon and his planners at their word. The department had planned to celebrate the completion of that 2.5 million project at a Basketball season opener last November, in which The Crimson would play President Bok's alma mater, Stanford...