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During his first visit to Harvard in November 1959, Le Corbusier was struck by the sudden beauty of a flood of students on intersecting pathways between class periods. This hourly ritual became the basis for the spiral-shaped ramp that appears in the first sketch of what would become the Carpenter Center. This was to be a means of passing through the building as well as “une route touristique” [tourist route], and the diagonal movement of students was to be prompted by bells installed within the building...
Helping Paul is his friend Tom Sullivan. Deciphering the Hynerotomachia consumed Tom’s father until his sudden death, and has fascinated the boys since their freshman year...
After hours of confusion and conflicting reports, a crowd gathered in War Memorial Plaza to watch CNN on massive screens, and perhaps for a concession speech. They waited, soaked in the cold rain of November. “All of a sudden, the graphic on the screens just changed to Bush, President of the United States,” says O’Mary. “Everyone was crying, shouting. Nobody knew what was going...
Making things even more difficult is the sense of looming farewells which also stands at odds to chocolate-box conceptions of a sickly-sweet springtime. Witness the hordes of people teeming through the streets any weekend night in late April and May, emerging suddenly from a long hibernation in their overheated cocoon-like dorm rooms to make last-ditch contact with friends who will disperse all over the globe for the summer break. It’s not just the weather bringing us out of the insulation and into the sun; it’s the sense that this...
...real season is only one month long, and all of a sudden one bad day becomes a lot more than it should be in the game of baseball...