The Green Room
I snuck a peek at the Green Room today. It has large plastic sheeting covering the doors to the lobby of Reynolda - but I went to the Mag Patio and peeked into the windows. Right now there is scaffolding inside. I had been told one of the things they were fixing is the lighting - which if you’ve ever attended an event or reception in the Green Room, you know is a problem. If it’s dark or overcast, there are only a few very dim lights way overhead. Heaven forbid it’s evening and you are trying to make remarks from a podium - you can’t see it.
Right now all the art is off the walls and it is very white. My hope is that they will do a warmer shade on the walls to give the room some life. One big question - are we destined to have green carpet (since it is, after all, the Green Room?). Part of me likes the legacy of the room’s name and part of me wants desperately to have something more in the line of black and gold.
That’s one of the struggles the Alumni Office often has with public space on campus. When we bring alumni and friends to campus, they wonder why the decor is in colors that are not our school colors. The Benson Center renovated its largest public rooms on the 4th floor a couple of years ago and they were kind enough to ask our opinion - and we begged for Wake Forest colors - and got them!