Decorations
The walls lining the Infinite Corridor were painted stark "Institute Gray" with black doorway trim until Spring 1970, when a number of wall murals appeared. With two notable exceptions, the paintings were soon replaced by bulletin boards and enclosed display cases which remained largely unchanged for several decades. A Summer 2010 renovation installed more-durable boards, and more clearly marked many portions of them as reserved for exclusive use by one specified student activity or another.
The Cashier's Office wall was painted as a giant dollar bill for over 25 years (and was the subject of a number of hacks), but this was eventually removed and replaced with a glass wall when that space was converted to a community lounge. A picture of the old wall mural is etched into the glass, as a historical marker. The oldest remaining wall mural (near the Admissions Office) is an early-1970s style colorful painting of a "multicultural" group of people walking quickly. Having survived many renovations and repaintings of the Infinite Corridor, the mural now is a carefully preserved relic of that era.
Some adjacent laboratories, notably those of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3), now have floor-to-ceiling glass walls and large posters or display cases explaining some of their research activities.
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