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“Barry Allardice ’68 and I roomed together in the first floor suite in the center of the York Street side courtyard in Saybrook. Because it was on the ground floor, unless curtains were pulled (we didn’t have any), anyone could look in. My strategy? No furniture. When we were there, we lived on the floor, which was padded with 1 ½–inch thick foam and carpeted. The walls and doors were carpeted as well. The white Princess phone with the 20-foot cord = extra. “The painted console, the only furniture in the room, was a hand-me-down from my grandfather and was filled with sound equipment. The speakers were under the window seat. We could make serious noise when required—that would usually be Cream, Stones, Beatles, etc. The New World Symphony played at around 7 was a courtyard favorite. The painting/construction on the wall, which includes the wall itself, is by me. The console, originally mahogany, was painted by me. … The entire room was part of my portfolio included in my application for the architecture school.
“The paneling above the fireplace was filled with mirrors skewed at different angles, i.e., the reflections were fractured relative to each other. When the whole thing was going—sound, black lights, weird fluorescent lights, fractured mirrors, etc.—it was fairly intense.”
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