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Towering Bear Sculpture Coming To Brown

1 Comment / art, Brown / By Beth Comery / 07/29/2013 / Bears, Bibby, Ittleson, Jonathan Nelson, Nick Bibby

How cool is this? Still in production, sculptor Nick Bibby’s “Indomitable” — the latest incarnation of Brown’s mascot, the Kodiak bear — is scheduled for installation this fall on the Ittleson Quad at the entrance of the Nelson Fitness Center on Hope Street. The towering bear, created by renowned wildlife sculptor Nick Bibby, is true …

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It’s Aldrich O’Clock

1 Comment / architecture / By Beth Comery / 11/21/2011 / architecture, Brown University, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Nelson

Gosh this is pretty. The scaffolding has now come down from the roof of the new Jonathan Nelson Fitness & Swimming Center on Hope Street, revealing the cupola with its four ‘ALDRICHFIELD’ clocks. The cupola once sat atop the old Marvel Gym (razed in 1989) on Elmgrove Avenue, famous as the unlikely venue in the …

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