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I took my 6 yr old around campus for the first time. He really was impressed by the swamp (even though half of it was fenced off). I am excited to see the final products. I had to laugh when I looked for the bowling lanes and saw food and tables! Quad was......disappointing as of now. He did like the walk of fame, couldn't find my name (1999 grads are not even laid yet) Interesting to look at the brick names and see how things changed per year (i.e. alot more women than men graduates during wartime, etc.) The buildings next to the swamp (where I use to pay my tutition, 1st semester) NEED to be destoyed with fire!!! Horrible looking. Sidwwalks needs some addressing but overall very happy with the upgrades. Also, saw the construction from Girard park. What is new on the campus construction?
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Went by the campus yesterday and took a few pics.
(Sorry, can't figure out how to rotate the pics, or copy them from Flickr. Woe is me, lol)
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Turning your camera sideways for landscape photos, might work.
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Went out between rain showers today and caught a few photos of work on campus.
Parking garage as seen from the rear of Oliver Hall
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2896/...d42bce99_b.jpg
may-11-10 by Rosegardendorms, on Flickr
A closer look at the garage. This will be much larger than Olivier Parking tower.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7367/...a3741e21_b.jpg
may-11.11 by Rosegardendorms, on Flickr
It's not an optical illusion. The long span sections are indeed higher in the middle than at the bearing points. They are "Precambered" so that when the full load is on the garage is will not sag. This is a shot of one of the sections that is stored on site. you can see the upward bow of the member.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7373/...ab37949a_b.jpg
may-11-12 by Rosegardendorms, on Flickr
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I came across the official approval request from UL to the UL System board for the parking garage. A few interesting things to note:
1. Access to the new parking tower will be from Girard Park Circle.
2. The liner building, although two stories tall, will only be used as one story inside. Don't know why this is so.....
3. There will be solar panels on the garage roof.....to supply the garage and the engineering building.
Here is the link (go to page 17 for the above details):
http://www.ulsystem.net/assets/docs/...ril%202013.PDF
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cajuns_fan
I came across the official approval request from UL to the UL System board for the parking garage. A few interesting things to note:
1. Access to the new parking tower will be from Girard Park Circle.
2. The liner building, although two stories tall, will only be used as one story inside. Don't know why this is so.....
3. There will be solar panels on the garage roof.....to supply the garage and the engineering building.
Here is the link (go to page 17 for the above details):
http://www.ulsystem.net/assets/docs/...ril%202013.PDF
1) I figured as much but was not sure. If you have ever been caugh at the intersection of Girard Park and Lewis or Johnston and Lewis at peak times you would understand why they would want to minimize traffic on Lewis.
2) The portion of the building facing Lewis Street will be an Engineering Lab that will require equipment that is greater than one story in height.
3) that's interesting. I would suspect they would have plenty of room up there. The building will be huge.
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Nice detective work.
Lol....I know it's crazy, but where the access would be located was vexing me!
I guess the main reason for that is that I very much like the plan to build the other two buildings that would flank Oliver, and then build another quad area. I know, this may be a long time off, but in my mind the parking tower access jeopardizes this....but maybe I am wrong about that?
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My favorite part of the 20 something pages.....May 2014 is coming up pretty fast....
Are they almost completed?
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My favorite part of the 20 something pages.....May 2014 is coming up pretty fast....
Are they almost completed?
I wish they would have done a 6 level building fronting Lewis, that way they could have used it for academics and made the garage look like an academic building instead of a garage.
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2) The portion of the building facing Lewis Street will be an Engineering Lab that will require equipment that is greater than one story in height.
That explains it.....thanks
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ULGrad@HOU
I read somewhere that the entrance to the garage will be from Girard Park Cir and not from E Lewis st. Not sure if this correlates to the pic.
In Post #31, Nov 20th, 2013. I knew I had seen it written somewhere, I couldn't remember where. It may have been the request for approval, or an article in The Advertiser. Glad to see the confirmation, so I wasn't dreaming it. Now I can sleep at night.
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Lol....I know it's crazy, but where the access would be located was vexing me!
I guess the main reason for that is that I very much like the plan to build the other two buildings that would flank Oliver, and then build another quad area. I know, this may be a long time off, but in my mind the parking tower access jeopardizes this....but maybe I am wrong about that?
I think it will look okay. I'm sure they'll nudge the access up close to Fletcher Hall and it won't be that noticeable.
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I think it will look okay. I'm sure they'll nudge the access up close to Fletcher Hall and it won't be that noticeable.
Access will be about where the job access point is now. Fairly close to Fletcher hall. It was a second drive into the parking lot was placed on the old McNaspy field.
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Are they almost finished?
End of May is in 9 days! They should be wrapping up!
What about the rest of the campus? With all the Regionals going on, I miss my construction updates.....
Z, Boomer, Hammer, Hawk, Helmet ??
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Are they almost finished?
End of May is in 9 days! They should be wrapping up!
What about the rest of the campus? With all the Regionals going on, I miss my construction updates.....
Z, Boomer, Hammer, Hawk, Helmet ??
I live nearby, and drove by yesterday......not much change. But i will do it again tomorrow or Saturday and will postpone pics.
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Some pics from this morning. Really difficult to get a good pic from the ground, but I am also posting some (really cool) aerial shots that were posted on the Fletcher Hall FaceBook page
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And it looks like they are progressing in demolishing Stokes A&B: the whole area is now fenced-off, and they have emptied out the interior contents (mattresses, etc).
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And it looks like they are progressing in demolishing Stokes A&B: the whole area is now fenced-off, and they have emptied out the interior contents (mattresses, etc).
NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cleREvd5be...out-liquor.gif
Just kidding. this thing needed to be imploded a LONG time ago, but after Voorhies and McCollogh were imploded Stokes was all we had for male dorms (outside of conference center)
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I remember being in stokes b was one of the best when I was at usl and quiet but jail cells are probably bigger nowdays
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I remember being in stokes b was one of the best when I was at usl and quiet but jail cells are probably bigger nowdays
Yep, on both points, lol
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billbeck451
I remember being in stokes b was one of the best when I was at usl and quiet but jail cells are probably bigger nowdays
Just curious, what years? Early 2000's here and stokes was bad then. Had friends with double rooms ( walls torn down between 2 original rooms) in Mccollogh and Voorhies that were much nicer, but those got blown up while I was still a student
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Just curious, what years? Early 2000's here and stokes was bad then. Had friends with double rooms ( walls torn down between 2 original rooms) in Mccollogh and Voorhies that were much nicer, but those got blown up while I was still a student
Oh, you young pup, you. lol. My point of reference is 1979-83, lol
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85 here my favorite rooms were in the dorm closest to girard park. Old as hell with jalice window but the rooms were huge
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I was lucky enough that I didnt have a roomate in stokes so it was a little better
