The Facilities Planning Office has posted plans for the ongoing major renovations of Alumni Gym designed by Lavallee/Brensinger Architects of Littleton, designers of the Labatts “beer academy” in Manchester.   The work includes installing a mezzanine in the old drill hall (the upper gym space) to create a fitness center there and replacing the squash courts in the Squash Courts building with multipurpose spaces.

The D reports on the renovation of Alumni Gym, which will include the restoration of the gymnasium (i.e. drill hall) space to its original volume by the removal of a recent suspended ceiling.

Dartmouth plans to demolish the massive entance stair, built in two stages between 1909 and 1913, at the front of the historic Alumni Gymnasium as the Planning Board minutes of Jan. 4 explain. [pdf]   The school will build a new stair and entrance ramp.