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Our new friend on campus
There’s been a lot of discussion about the Matheson demolition site, how we’re all sad to see Matheson go and even sadder that the construction has chopped our quad in half. But when I asked a few...
View ArticleConstruction at Drexel
Everyone at Drexel has noticed by now that the campus is going through some dramatic changes. We’ve seen the addition of a new residence hall, the renovation of the DAC, a new Integrated Sciences...
View ArticleDrexel master plan
I’ve seen countless memes on the Internet about the seemingly never-ending construction going on at Drexel. But the construction at Drexel will not be wrapping up any time soon. Check out Drexel’s...
View ArticleChestnut Street development
Drexel recently released a video rendering of the Chestnut Street development on their YouTube channel. The video gives a peek into what the project will look like when finished. It shows student...
View ArticleDrexel the Construction Zone
While the improving of Drexel’s campus is to all of our benefit, there is a point when it becomes too much. Since I came to college four years ago Millennium, the Dining Terrace, and PISB were built,...
View ArticleBuilding blues
In this gap between terms, the construction crews take over campus. Cement slabs are removed, revealing perfectly formed tombs of air and dirt. Creese becomes a maze of fences and steel bars. Cranes...
View ArticleWhere did all the construction come from?
Last Monday was my first time on Drexel’s University City campus since the end of winter term 2011 due to co-op. I almost thought I had gotten off the train at the wrong stop when I saw all of the...
View ArticleEven more construction at Drexel
By now I’m used to the construction on campus. When I have class in the Main Building or MacAlister, I always know to leave a few minutes earlier because it takes a bit longer to walk all the way...
View ArticleConstruction fatigue: yawns for giant snakes and dust clouds
Yesterday around 5:30, I stood with a large crowd waiting to cross Chestnut at that temporary traffic light in the middle of the Hunter Roberts construction site (soon to be the Chestnut Square...
View ArticleOnward and Upward
As is to be expected by now, as soon as Drexel finishes one construction project, it’s on to the next one! I couldn’t help but notice from my quasi-home (URBN Center) that 34th St. traffic is faced...
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College dreams vs real life (part 1)
I have so many of these little comparisons floating around in my head that I figured I should create a series of @Drexel posts. I’ll begin by addressing something that bothered me throughout the long,...
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This side up
Everyone knows Ikea furniture. You see the catalog, the sample furniture in the store, even the picture on the box. Then you get home, open it, and realize that it might take some time before you can...
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Old buildings: keep, revamp, or demolish?
Philly residents are surrounded by all sorts of architecture, and not just in Center City. You see successful–as well as many awful–examples of modern buildings, old buildings in all their glory, and...
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