Letter: Rosenkranz fits in just fine
Last week’s shallow review of the new Rosenkranz Hall disappointed and frustrated me (“New building does not fit in,” Oct. 23). The building sits comfortably in a graceless site along Prospect Street. The scale of the entire facade is human yet urban, a welcome change from the awkwardly removed and virtually unscaled box of Luce Hall, which formerly dominated the lot. Clean lines and formal clarity tie the structure to 77 Prospect next door, while the pale yellow coloring relates back to both the Malone Center down the street and the sandstone of the main campus.
Rosenkranz pulls the...
When I pass Rosenkrantz, every time I walk up Prospect St, I feel as if I am about to be knocked over into the street.
It's not about the building, its the fact that the street is too wide.
The sidewalks should be wider and bike lanes are needed.
Why does every street through the Yale campus have to look like a highway (with the annual student/staff pedestrian cripplings & fatalities to prove it?)
The writer is head on about Rosenkranz. The building makes great use of its materials and space. It nicely transitions into the area surrounding it and it is a gorgeous building to look at. I'm glad Yale has learned how to properly place a modern building within a sea of older buildings since the fiasco of Luce Hall.
Lovely.