[Magdalen] Magdalen Digest, Vol 79, Issue 2

[Grace Cangialosi]

Why am I getting the digest all of a sudden??

> On Mar 8, 2021, at 7:53 AM, Sharon Moon <sharonbmoon at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Fascinating.
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> Sharon Moon
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>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 7:00 AM <magdalen-request at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>   1. formerly EDS (ME Michaud)
>>   2. Re: formerly EDS (ME Michaud)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 07:42:22 -0500
>> From: ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: [Magdalen] formerly EDS
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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).
>>> 
>>> Lee's niece & youngest nephew went to Yale and were in the wedding
>> (little
>>> kids at the time) so maybe they can compare.   ;-)
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Chad Wohlers
>>> chad at satucket.com
>>> Woodbury, VT   USA
>>> 
>>> 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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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 08:15:50 -0500
>> From: ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] formerly EDS
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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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