Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music- aka "Little Bridges"
“The entry porch was meant to face—across Marston Quad—a chapel that was never built. Smith Campus Center, however, fit the bill when built in 1999, finally allowing a “visual dialogue between the north and south side of the quadrangle,” states Pomona College: Reflections on a Campus.”
I love the eclectic architecture of the Claremont Colleges. While all the schools in the consortium are young by American university standards, the Mission-style buildings give an antiquated feel to an otherwise upstart scene . The performance hall called “Little Bridges” exudes Old-World in both its exterior and interior– even though it was constructed in 1915. One would expect a church to be not far in the distance, but the absence of one speaks volumes about the era, the place, and the changing times. Even if one were to have been built, would it not have been just an homage to a colonial dream– a Christendom faded yet evocative?
Till Next Time,
R–
