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Left on the drawing board Manuscript and ArchivesView full image Manuscript and ArchivesView full image Kim O'MalleyView full imageWhen the music stoppedIf the economy hadn’t been sour in the 1970s, many of the university’s music programs might have come together under one roof in the Yale Music Center (top), a five-story, 100,000-square-foot behemoth on Wall Street across from Silliman College. In 1975, architect Cesar Pelli (later dean of the School of Architecture) designed the late-modern building, a long granite box relieved by mirrored glass and some curves. It would have housed classrooms, offices, practice rooms, the music library, performance spaces, and a “liturgical rehearsal room” for the Institute of Sacred Music. Pelli also proposed extending the Cross Campus lawn across College Street, between the new building and the rear of Hendrie Hall (center). The building might have been a win for Yale music, but it would have been a loss for those who love rice pudding and cheap slices: Naples Pizza—and the other storefronts on the block (bottom)—would have had to go.
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