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...renovations, several featuresremain unchanged inside the building. Theseusually create a sharp, almost comical contrastnext to the newer, flashier areas. The brick walljust inside the entrance remains unchanged, forexample, but no longer fits with the new parquetflooring and cheery yellow walls. The staircase,which was only recovered in brown carpet above thethird floor, looks even more ridiculous. Now thelower stairs, with their black stone steps, standout like sore thumbs against the modern design.Perhaps the carpenters, in their haste to finishon time, forgot to recover the bottom stairs.Students can also wonder at the rationale behindthe oddly-shaped bench outside the auditorium andthe...
...Some of the changes seem a little superficial"Tinio says when asked her opinion of therenovations. Careful observation reveals shoddyworkmanship that supports her feelings. Theflooring is often poorly laid out and does not fitexactly against the walls; linoleum in thebasement has already begun to buckle in places.The most maddening flaw in the building involvesthe plain baseboards that run along nearly everywall. The boards never quite manage to restperfectly flush against the wall, regularlyexposing hairline gaps between the baseboards andthe wall...
Quibbling about minute imperfections aside, oneof the changes that affects students most has beenthe replacement of the two large ground floorclassrooms with three smaller, cozier ones. Eachof these new classrooms are wired to the hilt withaudiovisual technology. Wall-mounted speakers,permanent video projectors and fully-automatedscreens make showing videos a simple process.Simple, that is, except for the fact that theinner walls of each classroom is made of glass.So, in spite of the high-tech, fully automaticblackout window shades, light from the hallwaycannot be blocked and provides enough glare torender the movie screen nearly unwatchable.Perhaps the architect momentarily forgot that hewas...
...generation has been a disappointment to me," he said. "They decided Wall Street was more important. They lied to themselves...
Mike Piazza, on the other hand, would get J.P. Morgan to buy a luxury box in your stadium. You think the folks on Wall Street would want anything to do with...