I was at Johns Hopkins over the weekend visiting the alma-mater in what arguably is its best season. The campus is beautiful in springtime, perhaps more breathtaking than its sensational fall self.

During my visit, I was delighted to find out that the plans for the renovation of our most historic and iconic building, Gilman Hall, are finally laid out. The Gilman Renovation plans have been endlessly talked about for most of my 4.5 years at Hopkins, but planning for this must have been exceptionally difficult. Reinventing a building full of dead-end corridors and cranky heating pipes, without robbing it of its character, is no easy task.

This is what they came up with:

It seems, according to the Hopkins Gazette article I took these pictures from, they’ve managed to strike a good balance; It’s a shame it won’t be up and running again until 2010, and I envy the class of ‘14 already (Are they even born yet?)

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