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  • Passing through

    It’s been more than two years since the Memorial Hall rotunda was closed for construction of the Schwarzman Center. Work continues on the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 18 2020 08:04am

  • Homage to Marge Simpson?

    The rotunda of Memorial Hall has acquired a jaunty new blue hat as work on the Schwarzman Center continues. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 15 2020 08:04am

  • Not quite fifty, though

    In addition to the blue sky and the green boughs, there are many shades of gray in this image of Commons, the Beinecke Library, and Book and Snake. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 1 2020 07:54am

  • On the fence

    Work continues on the Schwarzman Center. The nearby Beinecke Library is using the construction fence as an opportunity to highlight material in its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 3 2020 07:54am

  • A new face on Grove Street

    Most of the scaffolding is down on the Grove Street side of Commons, so we can see the façade of the building’s new addition—part... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 12 2019 08:00am

  • A firm foundation

    As construction crews work on a new subterranean addition to Commons—part of the new Schwarzman Center—we get a rare look at the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 26 2019 08:47am

  • New addition

    The steel is in place for the addition to Commons on its Grove Street façade—part of renovations to create the Schwarzman Center. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 7 2019 10:05am

  • Groundbreaking

    A peek over the construction fence this morning reveals the work being done on Hewitt Quadrangle to create the new Schwarzman Center. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 3 2019 10:22am

  • Inside Commons

    Part of the Grove Street façade of Commons has been peeled back to its brick innards in the renovation project to create the Schwarzman... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2018 11:48am

  • On the fence

    Hewitt Quadrangle will be a construction zone for the next two years as Commons and Memorial Hall become the Schwarzman Center. The nearby Beinecke... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 16 2018 10:00am

  • On leave

    What’s missing from this picture? To prepare for construction of the Schwarzman Center, the cenotaph at the center of Yale’s World War I... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 27 2018 10:45am

  • Gotta go around

    When students return this week, they’ll find themselves deprived of one of Yale’s grandest shortcuts. The path through Memorial Hall is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 20 2018 08:27am

  • On the move

    Art handlers were on Beinecke Plaza this morning disassembling Alexander Calder’s sculpture Gallows and Lollipops. Amy Doyel of the Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 6 2018 10:42am

  • It begins

    Parts of Hewitt Quadrangle—aka Beinecke Plaza—are being cordoned off for construction of the Schwarzman Center, the transformation of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 2 2018 08:59am

  • Passing through

    It’s officially called Memorial Hall, but most people call it the Woolsey rotunda. Either way, it’s Yale’s most glorious shortcut.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 21 2018 10:39am

  • Throwback Thursday: rethinking Commons in 1969

    Nearly 50 years before Yale launched a plan to transform Commons into a student center, architecture student Peter Hoyt ’70MArch had the same... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 12 2018 10:22am

  • Everything must go

    To prepare for the renovation of Commons, Yale sold most of the dining hall's furnishings in an online auction, and yesterday was pick-up day.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 24 2018 09:01am

  • Nothing in Commons

    Commons is officially closed now as work begins on the transformation of the dining hall, its basement, and the adjacent Memorial Hall into the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 27 2017 10:46am

  • Cookin’ in Commons

    Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his quintet headlined a two-day festival called “Jazz: A Celebration of America’s Sound” with a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 13 2017 08:37am