Campus architecture

[Trotsky]

sunlight interfered with whatever went on inside.

The sex.  It had to have been all the sex.

[TimV]

Heh. Engineer sex.::wank::

[Scersk '97]

sunlight interfered with whatever went on inside.

The sex.  It had to have been all the sex.

Nah, that's what the rooves are for.

[George64]

Pritzker Prize winning Cornell architecture alumnus accused of (and tacitly admits to) sexual harassment.  Richard Meier '56 recently endowed the chairmanship of AAP architecture department.

[Trotsky]

Pritzker Prize winning Cornell architecture alumnus accused of (and tacitly admits to) sexual harassment.  Richard Meier '56 recently endowed the chairmanship of AAP architecture department.

In other news, many rich people are entitled assholes.

[George64]

Pritzker Prize winning Cornell architecture alumnus accused of (and tacitly admits to) sexual harassment.  Richard Meier '56 recently endowed the chairmanship of AAP architecture department.

Email from Kent Kleinman, dean of AAP.

[TimV]

If the donor decided to shift the money to Women's hockey as a sign of repentance and to make amends, would they accept it?

[George64]

If the donor decided to shift the money to Women's hockey as a sign of repentance and to make amends, would they accept it?

I'm not counting on it, so I made my annual gift to Women's Ice Hockey this morning.

[George64]

As good a thread as any.  An article in today's NY Times prominently mentions the Johnson Museum of Art.  In the section on the AGK Art Museum in Buffalo, there's also a link to an earlier article about Milstein Hall.

[David Harding]

Review of current construction on campus from The Ithaca Voice.

[David Harding]

Anyone want to be a Collegetown landlord?  One of the big players is selling off hundreds of apartments.  https://ithacavoice.org/2025/02/prominent-student-housing-landlord-prepares-sizable-property-sell-off/

[billhoward]

What if we pool our money and 401K's and create The eLynah Sovereign Wealth Fund? Story says the properties all have upside potential. The photo shows a pristine building. But there still remain a lot of — what is the polite word for dumps — and ...  

It should be noted that Johnston's properties are all located within the East Hill Historic District. Any exterior renovation or new development would have to be approved by the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission, adding a degree of complexity to future developments.

... as Cornell found out with all the hurdles getting Meinig Field House and its artificial turf approved.

[David Harding]

What if we pool our money and 401K's and create The eLynah Sovereign Wealth Fund? Story says the properties all have upside potential. The photo shows a pristine building. But there still remain a lot of — what is the polite word for dumps — and ...  

It should be noted that Johnston's properties are all located within the East Hill Historic District. Any exterior renovation or new development would have to be approved by the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission, adding a degree of complexity to future developments.

... as Cornell found out with all the hurdles getting Meinig Field House and its artificial turf approved.

The field house and the artificial faced hurdles, but not because the were in the East Hill Historic District.  The only part of the campus that is in a historic preservation district is the Arts Quad.  The East Hill district run roughly from Eddy St down the hill and from Cascadilla Creek over to State Street.  https://www.cityofithaca.org/DocumentCenter/View/1430/Historic-Districts-PDF  The district the reason that what was the Chapter House had to be rebuilt looking pretty much the same after its fire, as was the case with the house that I grew up in on Eddy Street when it burned.  Notably, the district does not include the commercial section of Collegetown.  There is also some protect for individual landmark buildings, but they don't generally consider playing fields historic structures.  A proposal to tear down Schoellkopf might get some attention.

[David Harding]

The Ithaca Voice reviews current construction projects on campus.  The Meinig Fieldhouse photos are a couple of weeks out of date.