Cushman said the reading rooms will be complete by next spring. The ventilation system, which is being worked on a half-stack at a time, should be complete in a year and a half.
"I think a lot of people have gotten used to seeing [the crane]," Cushman said. "It's a good weather vane."
For some, the massive crane has been as much a part of Harvard as the John Harvard statue itself.
Ryan C. Wilder '04 said he enjoyed showing those two landmarks to visiting friends. He is disappointed that he will be unable to show his parents, he said.
"I think the crane was a good symbol of the ever-improving College we [attend]," Wilder said.
And while not everybody is sentimental over the loss, most can think of something they will miss.
"I probably won't cry in my sleep," said Alaina F. Aguanno '03, "but the Christmas lights were nice."
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