urbanSTL

Alex Ihnen wrote:True. Washington University owns it now and won't be selling it - though they did try to trade it for some land closer to the main campus...

WashU is in a pretty tight spot with no room to grow. That campus keeps getting more and more compact.

I love the old CBC building. Lots of character from the front.

The former, from what I have been told. They had a lot of city kids in the old location, and I guess they figured they all would just automatically follow them way out west. They didn't.

Very true. My class ('06) had one year at the Clayton campus and the remaining 3 years at the new campus in Town and Country. In my class alone, we lost 60 students (mostly city and inner-ring burb kids) in the first year with another 20 leaving in the following two years.

the central scrutinizer wrote: The former, from what I have been told. They had a lot of city kids in the old location, and I guess they figured they all would just automatically follow them way out west. They didn't.

I don't feel for them...thats what they get for leaving.

Its a shame that the kids from the city and the surrounding burbs lost out. For many the private school route is the only way to get a solid education, without living far out.

Does anyone know what Washu uses this property for? I see the parking lot full at times.

RuskiSTL wrote:Does anyone know what Washu uses this property for? I see the parking lot full at times.

Intramural sports I believe