New Pembroke dorm

hornetdad
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:26:19 +0000

I lived in NP back in 1978-79, shortly after it opened. It won some kind of architectural award, but you couldn’t prove it by me. World’s smallest singles, no closets (“you mean we need closets for college students?”), so the freestanding closet-like things take up more of the very limited space in your room. It was designed for airconditioning except that the compressors were never installed so you get one tiny window that actually opens. It may well be that some of these issues have been addressed in the renovations or at some point during the last 35 years, but a lot of the problems with NP back then seemed inherent in the design. Nice bathrooms, though.