RightRevBear said:
Krieg said:
RightRevBear said:
Is it really off-campus or just on the outer edge of campus. I mean they are building it behind Clifton Robinson which has been there for a long time. It is just as much on campus as McLane is on-campus.
The only connection to campus is a walkway underneath I-35. I'm assuming they'll have people park at McLane and walk the bridge over or shuttle, but then also park near the law school and all of that area and shuttle/walk.
Currently the walkway is closed for construction, but assuming it goes back to what it was it's 1.5-2 normal sidewalks in width. You have to pass the cemeteries, Texas Sports Hall of Fame, AFCA, and Texas Ranger Museum to walk that path from campus.
I'd say it's not on campus, and much less so than McLane. McLane has a straight, all on-campus walk to it whereas Foster technically won't. If they do the walkway well it won't make much difference for non-students. I do fear the physical barrier of I-35 will cause it to feel a lot more isolated for students, though.
It may not matter in the end. What I do think matters is bulldozing Robinson Tower. Preferably tomorrow and if not tomorrow on Sunday. It looks ridiculous next to Foster and will only look worse when the building is completed. It also harms the campus feel by breaking up the architecture with a random office building.
Yes and on the other side of the road is the North Village, a parking garage, and the Hurd. The campus is growing that direction. You pass by the Hurd and you go under the interstate. Just like you pass by the Law School and cross over the Brazos for McLane. I mean let's be real. Until a bridge was put across the Brazos no one considered that area on campus. It was the Lagoon apartments I think.
North Village isn't across any road of consequence. Neither is the parking garage. The Hurd is across Dutton, but that's just a road used to traverse that part of campus.
Foster is across 35, and if you think walking past Hurd to get there and across 2 frontage roads you're crazy. I've done it and it isn't safe, especially not at night. The path by the water, if lit, is a lot better.
Foster isn't on campus. It just isn't. It's close enough that might not matter, but let's not lie and say it is. You can't straddle an intestate and call it contiguous.