Grant Street Dorm demolished

[ZachTheZip]

Don't know if anybody saw, but they took a wrecking ball to the Grant Street dorm today. The townhouses are gone, too. Hard to imagine anything but another large dorm building going up in that space.

[zippy5]

Pretty sure those things were vacant in like 2008, surprised they were still standing

[Balsy]

I think the big new dorm they built, South Hall, where the Plasma center used to be, across from the exchange deck, was always supposed to replace the Grant Dorm and Gallucci.  Both have not been in operation in years.

[zippy5]

4 hours ago, Balsy said:

I think the big new dorm they built, South Hall, where the Plasma center used to be, across from the exchange deck, was always supposed to replace the Grant Dorm and Gallucci.  Both have not been in operation in years.

The plasma center was on the corner of Brown and Exchange

[kreed5120]

Probably more high priced student apartments going in. No better way of fixing the student debt crisis sweeping this nation than charging $3000 a month for a 4 bedroom apartment to students making minimum wage.

[LZIp]

6 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

Probably more high priced student apartments going in. No better way of fixing the student debt crisis sweeping this nation than charging $3000 a month for a 4 bedroom apartment to students making minimum wage.

I'ts a good thing there is a freedom of choice. Plenty of cheap housing available directly off campus.

Edited November 17, 2017 by LZIp

[kreed5120]

22 minutes ago, LZIp said:

I'ts a good thing there is a freedom of choice. Plenty of cheap housing available directly off campus.

It's the route I went. Unfortunately most 18, 19, 20 year old kids aren't the smartest when it comes to knowing how to manage money. Even worse with money they can "borrow".

Edited November 17, 2017 by kreed5120

[Balsy]

8 hours ago, zippy5 said:

The plasma center was on the corner of Brown and Exchange

 

Oh my bad, the Plasma Center is where the Apartments are now right?  And South Dorm is where the Town Houses mostly were?  I can't remember now...and that wasn't long ago...

Edited November 17, 2017 by Balsy

[skip-zip]

11 hours ago, zippy5 said:

The plasma center was on the corner of Brown and Exchange

 

Or more famously......the location of THE TOWNHOUSE about 30+ years ago.  The most popular Exchange St. club at the time.  

[Steve1982]

On ‎11‎/‎17‎/‎2017 at 9:21 PM, skip-zip said:

 

Or more famously......the location of THE TOWNHOUSE about 30+ years ago.  The most popular Exchange St. club at the time.  

Last time I was in the Townhouse I ran into Mike Birkbeck, probably about 1984. I don't suppose we could afford him to be the new baseball coach.

[ZippyRulz]

Are we going to pay the new baseball coach or will it be a volunteer position?

 

[skip-zip]

7 hours ago, Steve1982 said:

Last time I was in the Townhouse I ran into Mike Birkbeck, probably about 1984. I don't suppose we could afford him to be the new baseball coach.

 

He might be looking for a head coaching job.  He's been the pitching coach at Kent forever, if he still has that job.  

[zippy5]

45 minutes ago, skip-zip said:

 

He might be looking for a head coaching job.  He's been the pitching coach at Kent forever, if he still has that job.  

He was offered the KSU job. He just likes being a pitching coach

[skip-zip]

5 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

He was offered the KSU job. He just likes being a pitching coach

 

Thanks for the info.

 

But I still think an Akron alum like him should come back from the enemy.  

[72 Roo]

I do too. I'd like to see a former Zip ace rebuild our program.

[Z.I.P.]

How about his catcher?  Oh, I guess he's busy in Pittsburgh now.  Sorry!  

[ZippyRulz]

Now that I'm looking at the trustee meeting minutes, the immediate plan for the Grant dorm site is just to create green space. Cost almost $600K to abate and demolish.

 

 

Edited December 24, 2017 by ZippyRulz