Northwest Building at Harvard Law School

The building’s façade is now visible.

Photograph by Stu Rosner

Photograph by Stu Rosner

As spring came to Cambridge, the shrouds that had covered the Law School’s new building during winter construction came down, revealing its stone façade. Occupancy is expected in late 2011.

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