Word: restorationism
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Initial work in Four Corners consisted of emergency repairs: some homes were in such poor shape there was no hope of restoration, so new ones were trucked in from nearby communities. Subsequent chores included rewiring, plumbing or simply applying a fresh coat of paint, which is generally done by Four...
One figure the University does keep is the pure restoration value of all of its buildings. This figure indicates what the University would have to pay to rebuild a structure that suddenly turned to ashes, said Kathy Spiegelman, Harvard's director of physical planning. She quickly pointed out, however that...
Accepting the various qualifications, what would it take to reconstruct all of the University's buildings, including those outside Cambridge? The answer: $3.1 billion. And the individual buildings? Spiegelman provided restoration costs for eight Harvard landmarks:
Restoration values for all undergraduate housing, Spiegelman said, total about $500 million. In the interests of diplomacy, she declined to disclose figures for specific residential buildings.
DAVID OWEN's The Walls Around Us magically reconstructs the dry condescension of "How-to books" into tales of adventure, quests for knowledge, and lots of jokes (most on him). "House Restoration" may stir memories of Dad's growling out back at the water pipes, of Mom's repainting the...