Loving the Unloved: A Brief Tour of Harvard’s Modern Architectural Gems
by Patrick Thrasher on May 1, 2008 in Culture
Go on. Say it. I won’t judge. You hate Peabody Terrace. You think it’s ugly. It’s okay - you’re not alone. I don’t think I’ve met a single person in Cambridge, excluding architects, who likes those buildings.
HKS vs. GSD: The Unwanted Love Child
by Patrick Thrasher on October 31, 2007 in Features
The MPP/UP program is the unloved child of some past, regretted union between KSG and and the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). Everyone thought things would work out between the two of them, but somehow it never quite came together. Awkward silences ensued, and failed attempts to find common ground. Citing irreconcilable differences, the two have agreed to go their separate ways, with KSG taking its MPPs and the GSD its Masters in Urban Planning students (MUPs).
We few MPP/UPs trudge back and forth between them - the love children of a failed educational tryst - reminding administrators at both schools of their historical connection and scheduling nuisances they would rather forget. Read more
