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Blair Kamin opens up the "Gates of Harvard Yard"

Gates of Harvard Yard edited by Blair Kamin, published by Princeton Architectural Press (2016)

Sketch of Meyer (Class of 1879) Gate Image credit: Roger Erickson

Curving wrought-iron scrolls top the Meyer (Class of 1879) Gate, including two versions of the letter M that celebrate the gate’s patron, Harvard alumnus George von L. Meyer. As this picture shows, the light in the gate’s lantern is missing. Image credit: Ralph Lieberman

The U-shaped entry consists of a central carriage gate flanked by urn-topped brick piers and arched foot gates. The thin spire of Harvard’s Memorial Church rises in the background. Image credit: Ralph Lieberman

Curving wrought-iron scrolls top the Meyer (Class of 1879) Gate, including two versions of the letter M that celebrate the gate’s patron, Harvard alumnus George von L. Meyer. As this picture shows, the light in the gate’s lantern is missing. Image credit: Ralph Lieberman

Curving wrought-iron scrolls top the Meyer (Class of 1879) Gate, including two versions of the letter M that celebrate the gate’s patron, Harvard alumnus George von L. Meyer. As this picture shows, the light in the gate’s lantern is missing. Image credit: Ralph Lieberman