Arthur Mullen's blog
"The cornerstone was laid on October 8, 1917, the two-hundredth anniversary of the raising of the first college building in New Haven. The Memorial Quadrangle was completed in June of 1921. The bricks used in the construction of the quadrangle are old ones from torn down buildings, giving a low-toned soft pink impossible in new bricks."
When someone on our staff accidentally set off the fire alarm during set up and we had to evacuate the building until the Fire Department had given the, 'all clear,' time was lost. Meanwhile at a nearby church, when the guests' wedding ceremony miraculously managed to wrap up more than 20 minutes early, time was crunched. Beware the intersection of lost time and crunch time.