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They found a way to do that with the Porter House. A SHoP-designed condo in Manhattan's ever more lustrous Meatpacking District, it consists of a 10-story zinc-clad upper portion with an irregular and eye-catching window pattern, which is built on top of and within an existing six-story masonry warehouse. It was the SHoP architects who discovered the old warehouse. Then they went to Jeffrey M. Brown Associates, a Philadelphia-based developer and former client, to broach the idea of partnering with him to purchase and transform the property. That architects-as-developers business model...
...increase is the smallest the College has seen in seven years. The College’s financial aid budget is also set to expand by 21.4 percent to $125 million in the wake of last year’s sweeping reforms aimed at increasing affordability for middle-class and upper-middle class families. These reforms include eliminating student loans and expanding the financial aid program to include families making up to $180,000 per year. “Over the last few years, Harvard College has removed many of the financial barriers that might have prohibited many students from even...
...past week. The protests have been broken up by Nepal's police, often violently, but that doesn't bother Tenzing Wangdu, 32, who was the president of the Nepali chapter of the Tibetan Youth Congress until a few months ago, and proudly shows off welts on his upper arm and back where the police clubbed him during yesterday's protest. "Having marks on your body makes you feel like you are among our brothers in Tibet who are giving up their lives." Tenzing Dolkar, 29, says all Tibetans would like to deal with China peacefully, but that the situation...
...who’s got the upper hand: well-rested Harvard, which has taken three points in the squads’ two meetings this season, or momentum-carrying Quinnipiac...
...junior Steve Rolecek have benefited from the time off and could return to the lineup tonight—the bye could have a dampening effect on Harvard. The Crimson entered the break having gone 6-0-1 over its last seven ECAC contests, vaulting from mediocrity to the upper levels of the conference tables. Harvard has lost only twice since late January: a 4-2 blip at Brown on Feb. 1 and the overtime defeat, 6-5, to Boston College in the Beanpot championship...