February 8th, 2009 | Published in all news, Lamb & Rich, other projects, preservation, societies
The plans for the Parkside renovation and addition have been released. It looks like the rear wall is being bumped out under a new gable (see rear facade) and a row of dormers is being added to the front and sides. The chimneys will be lost, which is unfortunate. Here is the building a few years ago:
February 8th, 2009 | Published in all news, coat of arms, History, publications
The DOC Centennial gets a school press release and Vox mention as the subject of this year’s Carnival.
The MIrror is about Blitzmail this week.
Heraldry and the history of pong collide in a shirt available from On the Hill.
February 8th, 2009 | Published in all news, History, Lamb & Rich, other projects, preservation, publications
A couple of articles (one in pdf) explain how Barnard College used one of the Getty Foundation’s grants to create a plan for the preservation of Charles Rich’s historic campus. It turns out that Getty has shut down its campus heritage grant program, as the Chronicle‘s campus blog laments; there was even a story in the Wall Street Journal on the program shutting down after funding plans at 86 institutions.
The physical campus section of President Wright’s ten-year report mentions all the work done at Dartmouth over the last decade.
