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Harvard Yard

MA

Education
Landscape Architect

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

Designations

National Register of Historic Places

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Harvard Yard is a 25-acre plot that encompasses the oldest buildings on the Harvard University Campus. The grassy area between Widener Library and Memorial Church is known as Tercentenary Theater. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates recently worked with Harvard over the course of more than a decade to restore and redesign the planting and circulation scheme for the yard. Michael Van Valkenburgh continues to be involved with the future of this landscape through his participation in the Harvard Yard Soils Restoration Project, an ongoing effort to implement a biological soils program at Harvard.

Harvard Yard is a 25-acre plot that encompasses the oldest buildings on the Harvard University Campus. The grassy area between Widener Library and Memorial Church is known as Tercentenary Theater. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates recently worked with Harvard over the course of more than a decade to restore and redesign the planting and circulation scheme for the yard. Michael Van Valkenburgh continues to be involved with the future of this landscape through his participation in the Harvard Yard Soils Restoration Project, an ongoing effort to implement a biological soils program at Harvard.

Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, US 02138

Nearby
Sever Hall 314 feet
Memorial Church 347 feet
University Hall 367 feet
Widener Library 403 feet
Weld Hall 452 feet
John Harvard Statue 455 feet
The Onion 557 feet
Robinson Hall 594 feet
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts 870 feet
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