While some members of the senior class have memories of living in Cady Hall, Foster House and Brough House, some freshmen only see it as is a construction site.
The three residence halls were demolished over the summer, and the location will be used as a green area on South Green this academic year, Greg Robertson, associate vice president for architecture, design and construction, said.
“(The construction) was pretty much over most of the summer,” Robertson said. “They got started in late June or early July on bringing the buildings down. It was over most of the summer months and then extended a little bit into late August.”
The demolition of the three residence halls was part of the Back South Demolition Phase I project for about $1.6 million.
Cady, Foster and Brough — which contained about 300 beds altogether — were originally scheduled to be torn down during the summer of 2015, but high demolition estimates caused the Department of Housing and Residence Life to re-evaluate its plan, according to a previous Post report.
As a result, the buildings remained standing for one more year during the 2015-16 academic year, but then sat empty.
The demolition of those residence halls is part of the Housing Master Plan, which calls for the renovation and construction of halls on South Green.
While the construction doesn’t bother Shelbey Dowler, the site does impact her parking.
“I do park over there and I have to park a little further away because of the construction,” Dowler, a freshman studying pre-medicine, said.
The additional space is appealing to Dowler, who lives in Wray House.
John Doyle, an undecided sophomore, said the idea of an additional green area on South Green is a good idea.
“There’s going to be a lot more space instead of an old dorm that nobody was using,” Doyle, who lives in Crawford Hall, said.
Hailey Campbell, an undecided freshman, is not impacted by the current construction site.
“I mean, it’s ugly, but I don’t really see it,” Campbell, who lives in True House, said. “I don’t go over there.”
