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24-478: The CMCP did not have a permanent home until it moved to its purpose-built site at 1 Rideau Canal in 1992. The Pavilion entrance building, which was opened on May 7, 1992, was originally proposed by architect Michael Lundhom, who adapted an old railway tunnel running alongside the Chateau Laurier. The museum ultimately was designed and executed by architects Rysavy Rysavy. The glass and concrete entrance from

48-793: A peripteral classical temple) can be termed a colonnade. As well as the traditional use in buildings and monuments, colonnades are used in sports stadiums such as the Harvard Stadium in Boston , where the entire horseshoe-shaped stadium is topped by a colonnade. The longest colonnade in the United States, with 36 Corinthian columns , is the New York State Education Building in Albany, New York. Harvard Stadium Former capacity : Harvard Stadium

72-588: A memorial to Harvard men who had died in the Civil War (1861–1865). The structure, similar in shape to the Panathenaic Stadium , was completed in just 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 months, costing $ 310,000. Much of the funds raised came from a 25th reunion gift by Harvard's Class of 1879. It is the home of Harvard's football team. The stadium also hosted the Crimson track and field teams until 1984 and

96-585: Is a U-shaped college football stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston , Massachusetts. The stadium is owned and operated by Harvard University and is home to the Harvard Crimson football program. In its current form, Harvard Stadium seats just over 25,000 spectators. Built in 1903, it was a pioneering execution of reinforced concrete in the construction of large structures. Because of its early importance in these areas, and its influence on

120-477: Is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature , often free-standing, or part of a building. Paired or multiple pairs of columns are normally employed in a colonnade which can be straight or curved. The space enclosed may be covered or open. In St. Peter's Square in Rome, Bernini's great colonnade encloses a vast open elliptical space. When in front of a building, screening the door (Latin porta ), it

144-470: Is also the host of music festivals like the Amandla Festival , where Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley performed a historic concert in 1979. Janis Joplin performed her last show at the stadium in 1970, shortly before her death. Other concerts included those by Miles Davis , Ray Charles , Van Morrison , The Band , B.B. King , Ike & Tina Turner , James Taylor , Joan Baez , Sly and

168-490: Is called a portico . When enclosing an open court, a peristyle . A portico may be more than one rank of columns deep, as at the Pantheon in Rome or the stoae of Ancient Greece . When the intercolumniation is alternately wide and narrow, a colonnade may be termed "araeosystyle" (Gr. αραιος, "widely spaced", and συστυλος, "with columns set close together"), as in the case of the western porch of St Paul's Cathedral and

192-670: The east front of the Louvre . Colonnades (formerly as colonade) have been built since ancient times and interpretations of the classical model have continued through to modern times, and Neoclassical styles remained popular for centuries. At the British Museum , for example, porticos are continued along the front as a colonnade. The porch of columns that surrounds the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , (in style

216-455: The CMCP's photographic collection has been folded into the newly created Canadian Photography Institute (CPI). The Museum was affiliated with: National Gallery of Canada , CMA , CHIN , and Virtual Museum of Canada . 45°25′30″N 75°41′43″W  /  45.425083°N 75.695329°W  / 45.425083; -75.695329 Colonnade In classical architecture , a colonnade

240-749: The Family Stone , Rahsaan Roland Kirk , The Supremes , Mountain , Ten Years After and Johnny Mathis . During the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, the stadium hosted several soccer preliminaries. In 2007, the Boston Cannons , a professional lacrosse team for Major League Lacrosse , moved their home site to the stadium. They previously played at Boston University 's Nickerson Field . They have since moved to Quincy, Massachusetts. Harvard installed FieldTurf and lights in 2006. Beginning on April 11, 2009, Harvard Stadium became

264-646: The National Gallery of Canada. In 2016, the CMCP's photographic collection was folded into the newly created Canadian Photography Institute (CPI). The foundation of the CMCP's collection were a selection of photographs from the Still Photography Division of the National Film Board of Canada . By 2005, it held about 160,000 photographic works including works by Canadian artists such as Kelly Wood . On March 29, 2009 it

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288-454: The banks of the Charles. The stadium's horseshoe opens to the northeast, towards the river, and the press box is at the top of the northwest sideline's grandstand. The running track has been removed; it was non-standard, with long straights and tight turns, and the outside lanes were very near the stadium walls. †= Team's stadium under construction or refurbishment at time 1 = A team used

312-487: The concept into the vertical structure of the stadium design. There is a plaque dedicating the stadium to his honor on the east end wall outside the stadium. Harvard installed both FieldTurf and lights in 2006. In 2007 , Harvard played its first night game at the stadium, winning 24–17 over Brown University on September 22. In the early 20th century, American football was an extremely violent sport; 18 players died and 159 were seriously injured in 1905 alone. There

336-497: The design of later stadiums, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The stadium is the nation's oldest permanent concrete structure dedicated to intercollegiate athletics. It seated up to 57,166 in the past, as permanent steel stands (completing a stadium shape ) were installed in the stadium's northeast end zone in 1929. They were torn down after the 1951 season, due to deterioration and reduced attendance. Afterward, there were smaller temporary steel bleachers across

360-650: The home field of the Boston Breakers of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league when they beat Saint Louis Athletica 2–0. Soccer games played at Harvard Stadium during the 1984 Summer Olympics Although most of Harvard's campus is in Cambridge , the stadium and most other intercollegiate athletic facilities, along with Harvard Business School , lie to the south, across the Charles River , in

384-432: The most fundamental aspects of modern American football: standard field dimensions and the legal forward pass. Early in its existence two ice rinks were built on the stadium during the winter months for the men's ice hockey team . The Stadium served as the home for the hockey team until World War I . Harvard Stadium was the site of the U.S. Olympic Trials for men's track and field in 1912, 1920, 1924, and 1928 . It

408-596: The nearby Allston neighborhood of Boston. The stadium is the most iconic piece of the Soldiers Field athletic complex, which also includes the baseball stadium, outdoor track, an artificial turf field hockey/lacrosse field, two soccer stadiums, pools, Beren Tennis Center (outdoor), the Gordon Indoor Track, Dillon Fieldhouse, Lavietes Pavilion , and Bright Hockey Center . Newell Boathouse, home of Harvard's men's crew, lies across Soldiers Field Road on

432-818: The stadium's open end until the building of the Murr Center (which is topped by the new scoreboard) in 1998. Harvard Stadium hosted one Boston Patriots season in 1970 . It was their first season in the NFL after the AFL–NFL merger and their last before becoming the New England Patriots . The team moved to Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough the following season . Harvard Stadium was constructed on 31 acres (13 ha) of land known as Soldiers Field, donated to Harvard University by Henry Lee Higginson in 1890 as

456-452: The street, reminiscent of the colonnade leading into the National Gallery, lead patrons down to the main part of the museum which was located below street level. Its founding director and chief curator was Martha Langford , who held those positions from 1985 until 1994. In 2009 it was announced that the CMCP, which had been closed temporarily in 2006, would be permanently closed. Its collections and program of exhibitions were absorbed by

480-458: The time, was widening the field to allow more running room and reduce serious collisions. While it was popular among committee members, Harvard objected. Their recently completed stadium could not accommodate a larger field. Because of the permanent nature of Harvard Stadium, the proposal was rejected and the forward pass was legalized in April 1906. Harvard Stadium led to the creation of two of

504-404: Was a consultant to the design team for the stadium. It is historically significant that this stadium represents the first vertical concrete structure to employ reinforced structural concrete. Prior to the erection of the stadium in 1902, reinforced structural concrete was used in horizontal, that is flooring, sidewalks, etc., design only. Johnson was the engineer of note responsible for incorporating

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528-574: Was a widespread movement to outlaw the game but U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt intervened and demanded the rules of the game be reformed. In 1906, Roosevelt met with representatives from 62 colleges and universities and formed the Intercollegiate Football Conference, the predecessor of the NCAA . The committee's purpose was to develop a uniform set of rules and regulations to make the game safer. A leading proposal, at

552-408: Was announced that the CMCP, which had been closed temporarily in 2006 due to a leak, would be permanently closed for conversion to committee rooms. Its collections and program of exhibitions have since been absorbed by the National Gallery of Canada. A campaign to maintain the CMCP at its purpose-built site was unsuccessful. The exhibitions are now showcased at the National Gallery of Canada. As of 2016,

576-479: Was the home of the Boston Patriots during the 1970 season, until Schaefer Stadium opened the following year to fulfill post- AFL–NFL merger minimum seating requirements requiring a 50,000+ seat venue. Harvard Stadium was the largest concrete stadium in the nation until the construction of Syracuse University 's Archbold Stadium in 1907. Lewis Jerome Johnson, professor of civil engineering at Harvard,

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