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And after the relocation, a major restoration effort—at a cost roughly 10 times the total price tag of moving it—will begin. Zewinski says the finished product will look “gorgeous.”
According to Charles M. Sullivan, director of the Cambridge Historical Commission, the restoration effort marks a “major shift” in Harvard’s attitude toward the old wood-frame houses that surround the Yard.
In contrast to some earlier eras, when Harvard looked at Victorian houses only as they fit into the University’s development plans, he says the current restoration project will help to “knit back the fabric of the neighborhood.”
The economic news continues to be pretty bleak. Jobless claims rose to their highest levels in a year last Thursday, marking their 10th straight week above 400,000. In recent weeks, cash-strapped states and cities across the country have announced new taxes and painful spending cuts for police, schools...
The allied bombs that hit Vienna's Albertina Palace in March 1945 destroyed nine magnificent neoclassical staterooms and reduced stretches of richly decorated façade to rubble. The museum's priceless art collection - including masterpieces by Michelangelo and Rembrandt - had been moved by the Nazis to safe storage in...