The addition to Sudikoff has gotten underway.
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Proposal for Rugby Clubhouse at Sachem appealed
Lebanon residents have appealed the town planning board’s approval of the Sachem project, which includes construction of new housing and the Rugby Clubhouse. The Clubhouse may have to wait until 2005 or later to open.
Views added
Four views, including a view of Tuck Drive and two of the Smith & Sons operation in White River (making Hanover Crackers and Dartmouth Chocolates) added to Views of Dartmouth College.
Architect for new arts building
Perhaps the most architecturally-interesting news is the announcement that the school is selecting an architect for a new arts building, presumably in the vicinity of the Hood and Clement.
The College has given the go-ahead to begin building the Kemeny Center for the math department as well as an adjoining building for a group of academic institutes, according to President Wright. Construction on the NoMa dormitories and dining hall will begin by the fall of 2004. The addition to Sudikoff also will get underway.
Senior Fence moving
To control pedestrians better, the school is giving the Senior Fence an ell shape this month by moving part of it to the south end of the Green, on the same corner, as a press release explains. The original part of the fence dates to the turn of the century (the original, practical 1836 fence came down in 1893). In 1899, students suggested that a second fence for sitting on should occupy the west side of the Green, indicating dissatisfaction with the slightly earlier Senior Fence on the north half of the east side of the Green (“Such a [new] fence would not detract from the value of the senior fence which has never met purpose for which it was designed,” The Dartmouth [20 April 28, 1899]: 449) and a view of ca. 1914 shows the current replacement, a double row of fences south of the middle of the west side of the Green. Plaques indicate that donors later extended that fence southward to give it its present form.
Rugby Clubhouse for Sachem Village
The school currently is planning the long-suffering Rugby Clubhouse for Sachem Field, as the master plan associates it with the Sachem Village Redevelopment.
South Block project
The South Block redevelopment project is accellerating; the school’s Real Estate site plans more information.
Plenty of projects are in the works, all summarized in the most recent master plan (June 2002): highlights include the design work pending for a modular addition to Sudikoff and the evaluation of sites behind Fayerweather Row for a Commons House.
Senior Fence to move
The Dartmouth is reporting that the College soon will relocate the Senior Fence south to the corner of Main and Wheelock. Surely they don’t mean it’s being moved, rather just extended?
The College proposes to redevelop the block south of East South Street with new office and apartment buildings, The Dartmouth reports. No report on the school’s plans for preservation of the nineteenth century houses it owns on the block is available.
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[Update 11.10.2012: Broken links fixed.]
Views added
Fifteen views, including a Class of 1904 portrait and an unusual patented foldout card added to Views of Dartmouth College.
Life Sciences going ahead
Among the projects slowed but not halted by the downturn is the Life Sciences building at the north end of campus on College Street: “As currently conceived, the structure would provide a new anchor to the northern entrance to campus as well as a key building for the medical school,” writes Provost Scherr in his letter to the Planning Board.
Town zoning amendments
The Town voted down the amendments. Backlash: Some Town residents propose to amend the town’s zoning ordinances to tighten limits on College construction: institutional buildings within 300 feet of a residential district would be limited to 45 feet in height (Warrant Article Eight) and set back at least 30 feet (Article 10); and parking facilities for 20 or more vehicles adjoining residential districts would be set back a sprawl-inducing 75 feet from the Districts (Article Nine). The Town’s own Planning Board is asking voters to defeat the amendments, as does Provost Scherr in his lelter to the Planning Board. The reduced limits would prohibit new construction from adopting the siting of such existing buildings as the Memorial Field stands, the College notes in a press release. The Dartmouth also has a report. Voting takes place May 13.
St. Thomas alterations
St. Thomas Episcopal Church is significantly altering the interior of its Gothic F.C. Withers-designed building (1874-1876) as well as adding a basement outside the building’s footprint, according to to an article in The Dartmouth.
North campus master plan article posted
Old houses moving
The Professors Lord House and the President Lord House have been moved from North College Street to sites farther up Lyme Road to make way for a graduate-student housing complex on the west side of North College.
Facilities plan released
The facilities plan, “Dartmouth and the Upper Valley:A Special College and a Special Place” is on line and describes several interesting projects apparently not yet settled on, most notably a A “Commons House” behind Dartmouth Row that will provide social spaces. Others include the renovation of Thayer Dining Hall for social and performance spaces; a Tuck residence hall adjacent Whittemore; 145 residential units in Grasse Road faculty/staff housing; 200 apartment units in Rivercrest, north of campus; and a parking garage south of Cummings for 750+ cars.
Planning in spite of slowdown
The Downturn has slowed construction, but according to an update from Provost Scherr, but the College still is pursuing projects including the Academic Centers north of Carson Hall on North Main; Kemeny Hall on North Main, which requires moving Phi Tau; an addition to Sudikoff Hall; an addition to the south of Cummings Hall atop the existing road; and an addition to the Child Care center.
North Fairbanks demolition contemplated
Provost Scherr, quoted in an article in The Dartmouth, notes that the school expects to demolish North Fairbanks Hall eventually. The building was designed by Jens Frederick Larson in 1925 as a preparatory school gymnasium opposite Webster Avenue and was moved to its current site in 1963.
New house for Phi Tau
The school is building a new house for Phi Tau in front of its old one, The Dartmouth reports. The old building, designed by D.W. Redfield for Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity and built in 1927-1928, will be demolished.