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Moosilauke Ravine Camp film available
The half-hour film An Unlikely Cathedral: Moosilauke, Dartmouth and the Ravine Camp 1909–1939 (1999) is available for download from Google Video.
Hood Museum “sibling” in Virginia
While Charles Moore and Chad Floyd were designing the Hood Museum at Dartmouth during the early 1980s, they were also planning a renovation of the historic market building in Roanoke, Virginia. Several elements of that sibling project survive in the market and are unmistakably Moore:
McLaughlin Cluster taking shape
This view from Gilman toward Baker last November showed the McLaughlin Cluster under construction. Dragon is at the far left and Sudikoff is visible in the gap between the new buildings. The view is a composite of photos taken remotely using the McLaughlin webcam.
The Campus and the Segway
Computing Services is expanding the meaning of “walkable campus” with a New Hampshire-designed Segway, as Vox reports.
Sphinx is first on the National Register
The Sphinx Tomb (William Butterfield, 1903) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places last March. It is the first building related to Dartmouth College or located in central Hanover to be listed. The only other building in Hanover Township to be listed so far is the Great Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge over Mink Brook, which was listed in 1997.
Alumni Gym roof trusses exposed
The Alumni Gym construction updates page has two construction photos. One photo shows the Michael Pool with the airy and astonishing arched steel roof trusses now exposed. It is difficult to believe that they were covered once.
St. Thomas renovation photos available
More information on the St. Thomas project (earlier post): The addition was designed by architect Richard Monahon, Jr., of Peterborough, N.H., in association with Haynes & Garthwaite Architects of Norwich, Vt. Excellent Richard Frutchey photos accompany Jack DeGange’s article in Trumbull-Nelson’s Constructive Images (Fall 2003). Construction photos are found in T-N’s newsletter. The note
above was posted on January 14, 2006 in: All News, Hanover/Leb./Nor'ch., Other Projects, Preservation
1,500-foot wells drilled near Tuck Drive
The Dartmouth’s article on LEED certification at Dartmouth mentions that the College has drilled two 1,500-foot wells to cool the Tuck Mall Dormitory — it’s interesting to note that the dorm is within 100 yards of the first wells dug at the College, the unsuccessful ones Eleazar Wheelock dug when he was trying to set up a hamlet near what is now the rear of Butterfield Hall.
MacLean progress visible at Thayer School
The MacLean Engineering Sciences Center was clad in brick during the fall and now presents a recognizable form. See construction photos.
Graphics for energy-saving campaign
The press release announcing the new energy-saving campaign features a retro sticker urging users to turn off the lights, but it does not mention the classical message that still may be found on worn switchplates throughout the College, “Vox Clamantis in the DARK.” |
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