Campus expansion

I saw new land by the river. A stadium with a backdrop of the river and West Hills would be awesome. And the students could definitely use a new Howard Hall.

Ah... that really would be a dream scenerio, wouldn't it?

Another thing that is supposed to happen with that land below is for the Physical Plant to move down there and for the current P-Plant building to be converted to lab space for the Engineering building and I suppose other science stuff too. Apparantly because it has such thick concrete walls it will better adhere to safety standards for labs and allow them to do some things they currently can't.

And when the Engineering Building is done (I guess I better get used to calling it Shiley Hall) and if the land below is purchased, I think it woudl be cool to move the Tennis Center down there too and "reclaim" that part of campus. It's really pretty over there, but right now it looks a bit run down with a ton of asphalt, the P-Plant and the tennis center. I think a major makeover could happen there... maybe that would allow for an expansion of The Commons (much needed) or even another small building (I think a little grocery store would be AWESOME) or even just some green space over there.

Ah... so much potential on that campus. But the lynch pin is the land below... once that is done, a lot can happen.

Mack's Market??

Mack's Market has been gone for several years... I forget the story, but I think there was some drama between the owner and the U, and the place ended up closing.

I think the area could really use a little market nearby... right now even AM/PM is closed!

PilotNut wrote:Mack's Market has been gone for several years... I forget the story, but I think there was some drama between the owner and the U, and the place ended up closing.

I think the area could really use a little market nearby... right now even AM/PM is closed!

Yeah... Mack's ran into some problems with the OLCC about selling to minors and the building was in MAJOR disrepair, and I think UP (who owned the property) just kind of decided to give them six month's notice and then tear it down. I think at the time there were plans to build something there (like a little house or something), but the plot of the land is very small and nothing worked out, so it's just a grassy field.

The problem with opening a new store is that the whole neighborhood is zoned residential and you can't open up a business in them without a special waiver. Mack's was grandfathered in because it had been there forever, but since it was torn down I think they lost the grandfather rights.

They could open something up on campus though, and I think that would be soooo great for students and faculty/staff. I think Bon Appetit has exclusive rights to sell food items on campus, so it would have to be run by them, but that might even be better since then kids could use their points there. I remember they tried to run a little store out of the Commons when I was there, but it didn't work out because there wasn't space and you had to order stuff on paper instead of actually just picking it up. And the Cove already has a limited selection of stuff... they could clear up some space there for more food options if they had a store somewhere on campus. (No need to sell 12 packs of pop, pints of ice cream, milk, etc. at the Cove with a store.)

That has been an idea of mine for a long time... it's hard for freshmen to get to Fred Meyer's and Safeway if they don't have a car, and there are always times when you need/want something when the Commons is closed and the Cove doesn't have it.

But who will sell beer to underaged youths??

The co-founders of Purple Pride, of course! Oh... wait... um...

I plead the fifth....

I totally agree that with the extension and the additions of whatever they'll put on etzel field it'd be a cool entrance. I'm thinking more that Holy Cross court would be a little strange to have in the middle of campus.

Yeah, Holy Cross Court would kind of be an odd-duck right in the middle of all that. But as far as I know that isn't high on the list of things that are going to be replaced, so it might just be chilling out there for a while. Of course, most of this stuff we are talking about won't happen for 5-8 years any way, so maybe the need for a new HCC will be higher then. It is a large piece of property... they could definitely do something with that land. And considering that UP owns so many houses all over the place, maybe they could tear a few down (like they did for the Village) and build a new place for the priests. Who knows?