Unlocking the Beauty of Gates, Around and Beyond Harvard Yard Book Event with Author Blair Kamin

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This event is free and open to the public. Harvard was founded in 1636, but its signature gates were mostly constructed in the past 125 years. This new edition of Gates of Harvard Yard features beautifully illustrated essays and includes a new afterword by the book’s editor, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Blair Kamin, as well as a fresh chapter on Harvard Yard's latest gate, built in 2020 and inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In association with the Harvard Club of New Jersey, Blair will discuss the beauty, history, legacy and lore of the Harvard Yard gates. Blair Kamin is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism and numerous other awards, including the Order of Lincoln, Illinois’ highest civilian honor. Born in Red Bank, N.J., he is a graduate of Amherst College and the Yale School of Architecture. During a Nieman journalism fellowship at Harvard during the 2012-13 academic year, Blair became fascinated by the 25 gates that enclose Harvard Yard and co-taugh

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