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.
The Facilities and Physical Infrastructure and Student Lifesections of the new strategic plan, “Dartmouth College: Forever New” include proposals for new buildings, including a Hopkins Center expansion and a Tuck School dormitory.
President Wright’s budget letter: “We will place a hold on all construction and renovation projects not currently underway or otherwise obligated by contract or other instruments.”
Campus construction update in The Dartmouth.
Agreement with the Dresden School Board: high school stays, Dartmouth gets playing fields on Reservoir Road and Howe Library parking lot.
The school’s new strategic plan includes several building projects, The Dartmouth reports. Among them are a parking garage by Cummings (Summer 2003), the Maynard Street Dorm, and a dining hall nearby to seat 500-600.
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Hanover’s Downtown Vision plan (2000) by Brook McIlroy Inc. has been posted.
“Something for Everyone“: Report of the Scenic Locales Committee for the Town of Hanover (September, 1998).
Wright provides more information on construction in the Strategic Plan, The Dartmouth reports.
Trustees are moving ahead on planning, The Dartmouth reports.:
Reid Coggins ’04, student representative to a campus planning committee, notes several new ideas in discussion:
Buzz Yudell of Moore Ruble Yudell speaks on the design of the buildings north of Maynard, The Dartmouth reports.
President Wright noted several facilities projects underway or contemplated in his Annual Report to the General Faculty:
Declining endowment returns (see Dartmouth Alumni Magazine November/December 2001) may be putting on hold the plans by Atkin, Olshin, Lawson-Bell for the new dormitory on Tuck Mall.
The College has held a multi-firm competition for a master plan for the north part of campus, selecting Moore Ruble Yudell, partnered with Bruner/Cott & Associates of Boston (Laurel Stavis and Tamara Steinert “Architect for north-end buildings selected,” Vox 20, Issue 5 [13 August 2001], 1, 4.
All competitors’ presentation boards and models for the proposed $75m expansion are displayed in the mezzanine of Webster Hall.
Two pieces on expansion in the January 29, 2001 Dartmouth Review: “It’s Not Such a Small College Anymore” and the text of an email, “Chan’s Conservative Master Plan.”.
The Dartmouth has an article on current campus planning.
The updated campus master plan by Lo-Yi Chan ’54 is released, The Dartmouth reports.
A master plan for arts facilities around the Hop is underway by the New York firm that designed Kate Spade’s shops, Rogers Marvel Architects.
Major changes proposed by Student Life Initiative affect CFS buildings, new dormitories, a new 1,000-seat hall and other buildings.
Centerbrook presents student life and athletics proposals (connect Collis to Thayer?) The Dartmouth reports.
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[Update 11.10.2012: Broken link fixed.]