<p>We visited recently, had beautiful fall weather for almost two days and didn’t notice any major state of disrepair. Some of the old buildings and their accoutrements reminded me of my parents blender: 30 years old, working perfectly well, God forbid we throw it away, but definitely looking kind of dated (Scorpio–funny, thought the same about Ida Noyes). Then again, this is a 100+ year old university and not a trendy restaurant. There’s a lot of new construction and remodeling (did you visit Harper?). Suggested to S when he applied 2 years ago to try to get into a new dorm, though. He did and is very happy. What made me not be wowed the first time we visited was, besides the winter weather, that there was regular car and bus traffic crisscrossing the campus. Once we made peace with the fact that this is an urban type university, it stopped being an issue.</p>