The firm of Jonathan Marvel ’82 (Rogers Marvel) has made available photos of a model of their master plan for the arts district (ca. 2002). The design foresees addition to the east and west ends of Spaulding Auditorium, the replacement of the Hop studios (and Charles Moore’s Courtyard Cafe), and, most notably, an extension of the Hop’s entrance facade to the west that would double the width of that facade on the Green and provide much-needed infill for the gap in the street line.
The Hood Museum would be extended south to Lebanon Street. A view to the southeast from near the site of Brewster Hall allows a glimpse through this Hood extension and into the courtyard. Though a master plan is only a projection, the Visual Arts Building on Lebanon Street is in progress by Machado and Silvetti.
[Updated 08.30.2005.]