Harvard administrators feel the same way.
David A. Zewinski '76, associate dean forphysical resources and planning in the Faculty ofArts and Sciences and resident czar of mostUniversity building projects, says the Yard willbe the fixed element of future Universityconstruction.
"There is not a building here that will not behere in a hundred years. Nor is there a buildingnot here that will be here in 2100," Zewinskisays. "I think Harvard Yard will look pretty muchas it does now in 2100."
But, Zewinski has a future Harvard Yard visionof his own.
"The new trees will be bigger," he notes.
Much as today, future construction will bedictated by the University's academic needs.
"The physical plant will really follow theadage of form follows function," Zewinski says."Whatever the academic priorities are will shapethe physical plant."
Of course, the world around the Yard willchange dramatically that, according to Holland'spredictions, include "a lot of glass" surroundingthe Yard, possibly in the form of a dome. "It'salmost like we'll come here and look at it like amuseum," he says.
To complete the exhibit-like appearance of thecampus, Holland predicts statues will dot theYard.
"I'm seeing statues coming out," he says. As hewalks the campus during a psychic session, hestops near one of the gates, pointing to thenarrow strip between Boylston Hall and theWigglesworth dorms: "You all can't see them, but Isee statues all along there," Holland says.
An aesthetically pleasing campus might even bedrained of students.
"Dorms will be a thing of the past," he says.
University Provost Harvey V Fineberg '67rejects that notion.
"I do not think you will have a completesubstitute for the residential experience," hesays.
Some administrators actively steer clear ofgaz-