[Magdalen] Magdalen Digest, Vol 79, Issue 2

[Sharon Moon]

Fascinating.

Sharon Moon

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 7:00 AM <magdalen-request at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 07:42:22 -0500
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> I love that Lesley promised to preserve St. John's Chapel.
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> The little university has been a fabulous neighbor in north Cambridge,
> preserving lots of buildings that the big university would have blithely
> demolished. Especially the old Sears building and a church next door. The
> church was a big old white barn with a steeple. Lesley moved it close to
> the side of the property, built a nearly invisible modern building next to
> it, and made the whole thing into classroom and performance space. It's
> stunning! And really preserves the look of the old neighborhood.
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> You can watch it happen (with glimpses of the Sears bldg) here,
> https://youtu.be/gy4JHDBjY5s
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> -M
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> On Friday, March 5, 2021, Chad Wohlers <chad at satucket.com> wrote:
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> > Oh my! I didn't go there, but Lee did, and we were married in the EDS
> > chapel (first picture, on the far right).
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> > Lee's niece & youngest nephew went to Yale and were in the wedding
> (little
> > kids at the time) so maybe they can compare.   ;-)
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> > --
> > Chad Wohlers
> > chad at satucket.com
> > Woodbury, VT   USA
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> > unning
> > On 3/5/2021 8:58 AM, ME Michaud wrote:
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> >> If you went there, you'll recognize it.f then
> >> (The Globe permits two or three freebies a month, I think)
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> >> https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2021/03/04/tend
> >> er-bar-lesley-university-yale
> >> -M
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> The Lunder Center today.
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> https://www.brunercott.com/projects/lunder-arts-center/
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> or search Google Earth for 1801 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA
> fascinating treatment of an abandoned church building
> -M
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