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The Genealogist

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7. The college I attended and worked at had an interesting experience with one dorm

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 13, 2020, 10:06 AM

Dec 2020

It was built in stages, starting as a long two story structure that grew to a large 5 story horseshoe-shaped structure. By the late 1990s, it was very obsolete. Many, myself included, felt it was an eyesore. The school wanted to demolish it and replace with something new. When they saw the price tag for demolition, the powers that be were shocked. A massive renovation was actually cheaper. And that is the route they went.

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The land becomes more valuable than the building. Chainfire Dec 2020 #5

The college I attended and worked at had an interesting experience with one dorm The Genealogist Dec 2020 #7

I've heard it said The Genealogist Dec 2020 #6

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The engineering is amazing to me. Chainfire Dec 2020 #3

Gotta admit that it's damn cool. LakeArenal Dec 2020 #4

Oh, darn. I had forgotten about this. Thanks for the link to the video. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #8