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...renovation went on in the Yard this summer, none was on the scale of the guttings of Matthews, Thayer and Weld Halls that relegated several hundred first-years to 29 Garden St. over the past two years. Instead, the changes were more specific--replacing leaky roofs, installing new sprinkler systems, restoring a historic facade...
Each, of course, will boast new electrical heating and lighting systems, as well as sprinkler systems and fire alarms...
Wiggens thinks he knows why Bullock's did not undertake improvements. "Some companies decide they can't afford it because of additional costs, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, asbestos removal and sprinkler upgrades." Then he drops a bombshell. He has just come from Northridge Meadows, and that bothers him too. "That building had no plywood shear walls," he says. "It's a perfect example of a building that doesn't meet current codes...
...Broken sprinkler heads caused the alarm Monday in Emerson Hall, a Cambridge Fire Department spokesperson said yesterday...
...safe to drink for an additional three weeks or so. Meanwhile, residents seeking water for any purpose last week had to line up for supplies trucked in from outside and dispensed at 100 different locations (limit: 2 gal. to a customer); they were forbidden to enter office buildings because sprinkler systems could not protect them from fire. Downtown at times looked like a city under military occupation: deserted except for National Guardsmen who patrolled the streets while helicopters buzzed overhead. President Clinton, who toured flooded areas many times during his 12 years as Governor of Arkansas, flew in Wednesday...