NU to Build New Lakefront Visitor Center

Pizzagirl
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:09 +0000

The overall NU Master Plan is on the internet; I don’t know how much Schapiro is strictly hewing to it, but I think it’s a great idea, especially leveraging the lakefront more and providing more north/south paths in the midst of campus, paralleling Sheridan but more inward.

I agree that the new visitor center is way overdue and it belongs in an area which will showcase the glory of the lakefront campus, not down on Hinman as an afterthought. I have always thought the parking lot taking up prime lakefront view property was a silly idea from the start; what, the cars can enjoy the view?

My S’s fraternity is one of those on peanut row (the row of frats on Lincoln Street that momof3sons is referring to). I’m sure they’ll all moan about it, but the peanut row frats DO need to be torn down, as do some of the older dorms like Bobb and Foster-Walker, and someone’s got to do something about the old Sigma Nu house. I hope students and alumni don’t get overly sentimental about Ye Old Good Days in Bobb and let it happen as it needs to happen. Sorry, Bobb-McCulloch was a pit in my day 30 years ago and it’s still a pit. NU deserves better.