Baker, Bisected

The reconstruction of Harvard Business School's Baker Library — to incorporate a 100,000-square-foot new "academic center" and...

The reconstruction of Harvard Business School's Baker Library — to incorporate a 100,000-square-foot new "academic center" and reorient the entrance toward Allston — began with the cleaving off of the building's existing back side. The project in progress is shown in this January view.

Photograph by Jim Harrison
     

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