September 20, 2002

A Time to Cast Away Stones

By LAWRENCE BIEMILLER

You could say that the small block of gray granite on the floor in front of Don Borkowski's desk is an abstract of the very big problem with Bowdoin College's 150-year-old chapel. Fixing the problem, Bowdoin officials figure, will take two more years and at least $6-million -- roughly 130 times the original cost of the building, which was designed by the renowned architect Richard Upjohn.

The stone block is perhaps eight inches square on its face, behind which it tapers to a squat

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