House Renovations Prompt Noise Complaints From Students

Students who live in buildings around the Old Quincy construction site say that the noise from the renovations has escalated in the past few weeks as the renewal of the building proceeds.

Quincy Swing Housing

Everywhere you look around Harvard, signs of construction greet you. It's time to say "out with the old, and in with the new," as Quincy House renovates Old Quincy and moves some of its students to Dewolfe and apartment buildings. FM decided to check out swing housing in Hampden Hall and see how the apartments compare to normal dorms.

Students Adjust to Quincy Swing Housing

Students who moved into swing spaces this week said that apart from small bedrooms and traffic noise from the streets, they have so far enjoyed their apartment-style housing and their new home’s proximity to classes.

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Spotted on Plympton Street

Quincy House residents, rejoice! If you were worried about that feeling of isolation a few hundred feet down Plympton Street, ...

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Dunster House To Be Renewed in 2014-2015

Dunster House will be the first full House to be renovated as part of the University’s House Renewal project during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Hard of Hearing?

In an administration where McLoughlin and Nelson formerly had the most direct contact with students, Hammonds may be forced to take on a more visible role. But she is trying to listen to a demographic that is not even showing up to be listened to.

Today in Photos (05/04/12)

Old Quincy Groundbreaking

House Masters Lee and Deborah Gehrke, Deans Evelyn M. Hammonds and Michael D. Smith, students, and alumni gathered in Quincy courtyard to celebrate the groundbreaking at Old Quincy, initiating the 2012-2013 renovations.

Quincy Groundbreaking Marks the Beginning of Renewal

Sporting bright yellow foam construction hats stamped with a penguin, residents of Quincy House marked Harvard’s symbolic transition from planning to the implementation stage of the College-wide House renovation project at Old Quincy’s groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday evening.

Harvard Will Launch Historic Capital Campaign in 2013

Harvard hopes to publicly launch its University-wide capital campaign in 2013. The campaign will likely aim to raise at least $6 billion, according to senior administrators and people with knowledge of the situation, which would likely make it the largest capital campaign ever run by an institution of higher education.

College Creates Models for Old Quincy Rooms

Harvard Planning and Project Management has constructed a full-scale model of what several rooms in revamped Old Quincy will look like when it opens in the fall of 2013.

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Quincy residents can expect common rooms resembling this life-sized mock-up when they move back into Old Quincy in Fall 2013 after its renovation. Old Quincy has been called a “test project” in the University’s plans to renew all 12 Houses.

College Will Furnish Quincy Common Room During House Renovations

The College will purchase common room furniture with which to furnish all Quincy House suites next fall in order to alleviate the need for summer storage space when the renovation of Old Quincy begins this June, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith announced Tuesday in a statement on the FAS website.