by johnso24 | Aug 9, 2017 | Carleton College
Weitz Center for Creativity Leslie Moore When Derek Phillips ’77 was growing up in Kansas City, he knew that he was more artistic than athletic. He had tried basketball, track, and baseball in high school, but it soon became clear to him that competitive athletics...
by johnso24 | Aug 9, 2017 | Carleton College
Watson Hall Clifford Clark It was the summer of 1989. Behind Watson Hall, the student dormitory built in 1966 by American architect Minoru Yamasaki, a group of Japanese students gathered on the lawn for a picnic. They were at Carleton to improve their spoken English....
by johnso24 | Aug 9, 2017 | Downtown Northfield
Ware Auditorium/Grand Theater Joy Riggs The Ware Auditorium on the corner of Washington and Fourth Streets has been a hub of the Northfield entertainment scene for more than a century. Now known as the Grand Event Center, it was built in 1899 by A.K. Ware. Ware served...
by johnso24 | Aug 9, 2017 | St. Olaf College
Viking Court Jeff M. Sauve “Times have changed,” declared the 1948 St. Olaf yearbook. With the post-World War II enrollment up from 100 to 900 men, both students and administration faced housing hardships. One solution was the creation in January 1947 of a...
by johnso24 | Aug 9, 2017 | Carleton College
Upper Arboretum Clifford Clark Beginning in 1927 and working over the next decade, Professor of Botany Harvey Stork sketched out his conception of a wildlife plant and nature preserve on the north side of Lyman Lakes and Bell Field. He called it the Upper Arboretum....
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