WUSTL East End Transformation

quincunx · PostMay 05, 2017#12017-05-05T15:22+00:00

Transformation of the east end of the Danforth Campus

https://campusnext.wustl.edu/items/land ... ral-plans/

nextSTL - WUSTL Trustees Green-Light $240M Danforth Campus Transformation

https://nextstl.com/2015/10/wustl-trust ... formation/

PostMay 05, 2017#22017-05-05T15:22+00:00

Schnuck Pavilion to add flavor to east end transformation

https://source.wustl.edu/2017/05/schnuc ... formation/

framer · PostMay 05, 2017#32017-05-05T16:49+00:00

^Out-of-town students are gonna have fun with that name.

symphonicpoet · PostMay 06, 2017#42017-05-06T06:15+00:00

Years and years ago I worked a show in what Grand Center called their Cabaret Series. (They probably have a different name for it now, if they even still hold it, since the word no longer really means vocal jazz lounge acts in the way it perhaps once did.) Anyway . . . the singer made a crack about loving to play here because even the grocery stores were called Schnucks. She found that quite jazzy. Can't recall who the singer was anymore.

framer · PostMay 12, 2017#52017-05-12T17:39+00:00

http://stlouiscnr.com/homepage-primary/ ... dium=email

chaifetz10 · PostMay 12, 2017#62017-05-12T18:13+00:00

Is the next Engineering building still happening or have they decided to stop with the current addition?

wabash · PostMay 12, 2017#72017-05-12T19:30+00:00

^The McKelvey Building has already been announced, which will add to the current engineering quad.

Alex Ihnen · PostMay 12, 2017#82017-05-12T19:40+00:00

Believe that's McKelvey Hall. It's happening. Design work has just begun.

https://campusnext.wustl.edu/items/jame ... y-sr-hall/

mill204 · PostMay 12, 2017#92017-05-12T23:47+00:00

Alex Ihnen wrote: ↑
May 12, 2017
Believe that's McKelvey Hall. It's happening. Design work has just begun.

https://campusnext.wustl.edu/items/jame ... y-sr-hall/

Construction begins in earnest May 22. Expected completion is just in time for commencement 2019. Will include:

Jubel Hall (Engineering)
Weil Hall (Arts)
Sumers Welcome Center (admissions)
Schnuck Pavillion (will include a dining hall)
Kemper Art Museum expansion
2 level underground parking garage (convertible to useable space should car use decline in the future, naming rights still available )
Tisch Park (redo of the central green leading up to Brookings Hall including replacement of the allée trees)

Construction of McKelvey Hall (Engineering) will not begin until 2018 and will not be complete until 2020 since it did not come into being until early this year.

framer · PostMay 25, 2017#102017-05-25T16:15+00:00

Construction fence is going up; trees are coming down.

quincunx · PostMay 25, 2017#112017-05-25T16:24+00:00

Now i know how the Ents felt when they saw the Orcs cutting down trees for their war machine.

framer · PostMay 25, 2017#122017-05-25T16:52+00:00

Some of the trees are being pulled out nearly whole, and will be integrated into part of the landscaping elsewhere on campus. They'll be left to rot naturally, and some of the root systems below ground are being exposed. I believe the art department is directing the project. I saw some pretty cool pics on Facebook, but I don't think I can share them here.

quincunx · PostJun 08, 2017#132017-06-08T01:53+00:00

Incredible

wabash · PostJun 08, 2017#142017-06-08T03:16+00:00

Wow. Yeah. Never thought I'd see that in my lifetime. Last time there was an eastward view like that from the steps might not have been long after the world's fair.

Some nice CWE/BJC skyline peaking through there.

framer · PostJun 08, 2017#152017-06-08T04:30+00:00

This really is a big transformation. It's gonna be beautiful when it's done.

symphonicpoet · PostJun 08, 2017#162017-06-08T07:54+00:00

framer wrote: This really is a big transformation. It's gonna be beautiful when it's done.

I believe you. I really do. But I will miss the trees for a very long time indeed.

urban_dilettante · PostJun 08, 2017#172017-06-08T18:37+00:00

framer wrote: ↑
Jun 08, 2017
This really is a big transformation. It's gonna be beautiful when it's done.

Yep, those god-awful parking lots at the front steps looked extremely trashy and hurt the schools image, IMO.

Replacing them with new buildings and landscaping is really going to elevate the on-campus experience.

quincunx · PostJun 08, 2017#182017-06-08T22:27+00:00

Worsening bus service is regrettable.

chriss752 · PostJun 10, 2017#192017-06-10T05:24+00:00

I wonder if any cranes will be put up here for this. 2 or 3 would be great!

Chalupas54 · PostJun 10, 2017#202017-06-10T06:28+00:00

chriss752 wrote:I wonder if any cranes will be put up here for this. 2 or 3 would be great!

I actually believe there will be 3.

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quincunx · PostJun 27, 2017#212017-06-27T03:16+00:00

framer · PostJun 27, 2017#222017-06-27T03:41+00:00

Wow, they really hit the ground running.

PostJun 28, 2017#232017-06-28T21:37+00:00

quincunx wrote: ↑
Jun 27, 2017

Same view in 1899:

Couple of interesting stories about Oak Allee at Wash U, from the perspective of the Art & Architecture department:

https://www.stlmag.com/arts/the-one-tre ... U.facebook

https://theonetreeproject.org/author/je ... er/page/2/

stlgasm · PostJun 29, 2017#242017-06-29T01:38+00:00

I've been wondering... with all that digging going on, I wonder if the construction crews will unearth any relics from the World's Fair/Olympics? How can they NOT find some interesting artifacts there?

wabash · PostJun 29, 2017#252017-06-29T03:03+00:00

^^Amazing. Such a frontier in 1899.