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im assuming the large glass windows part are common rooms? can't be actual dorms.
im assuming the large glass windows part are common rooms? can't be actual dorms.
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There are apartment style rooms, with 4 bedrooms, and a kitchen-living area. Thats probably where the windows are.
There are apartment style rooms, with 4 bedrooms, and a kitchen-living area. Thats probably where the windows are.
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Re: New BU Tower
Looks better than the hotels down in SBW, but that ain't saying much either.
Looks better than the hotels down in SBW, but that ain't saying much either.
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This BU dorm looks a damn lot better than NYU's planned 26 story dorm on E. 12th St. Only rendering I can find is in a pdf flyer:
http://www.gvshp.org/documents/BSAhrngflyer407.pdf
And NYU is buying this apartment building under construction, called Gramercy Green. BU's looks as good, maybe better.
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=522667
This BU dorm looks a damn lot better than NYU's planned 26 story dorm on E. 12th St. Only rendering I can find is in a pdf flyer:
http://www.gvshp.org/documents/BSAhrngflyer407.pdf
And NYU is buying this apartment building under construction, called Gramercy Green. BU's looks as good, maybe better.
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=522667
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Re: New BU Tower
personally I would have hated to live in a dorm tower, I lived in a 9 story building and I hated that, waiting for evelators and squeezing in them trying to rush to class at the same time as everyone else, and plus you run into people you don't want to see and have no forewarning about... but I guess if you sign up to go to BU or NE, you gotta expect it. IMO dorms aren't condusive to many floors at all.
personally I would have hated to live in a dorm tower, I lived in a 9 story building and I hated that, waiting for evelators and squeezing in them trying to rush to class at the same time as everyone else, and plus you run into people you don't want to see and have no forewarning about... but I guess if you sign up to go to BU or NE, you gotta expect it. IMO dorms aren't condusive to many floors at all.
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Agreed; I lived in a 15 story building my freshman year of college, and it was rough for many of the reasons you described (and that was when the elevators were actually running). Still, the amenities and spaciousness of this building might make up for it; the building I was in as a freshman was built in the 20s, whereas my junior year I lived in another, newer highrise with fewer residents and more and faster elevators.
Agreed; I lived in a 15 story building my freshman year of college, and it was rough for many of the reasons you described (and that was when the elevators were actually running). Still, the amenities and spaciousness of this building might make up for it; the building I was in as a freshman was built in the 20s, whereas my junior year I lived in another, newer highrise with fewer residents and more and faster elevators.
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With the completion of the Student Village, BU needs to put some serious investment into reclading those West Campus dorms--truly outdated. BU spends millions each year renovating the Bay State and South Campus brownstones (which are gloriously renovated); it wouldn't hurt to match the effort with the larger dorms on campus.
With the completion of the Student Village, BU needs to put some serious investment into reclading those West Campus dorms--truly outdated. BU spends millions each year renovating the Bay State and South Campus brownstones (which are gloriously renovated); it wouldn't hurt to match the effort with the larger dorms on campus.
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I'm not sure I like this complex anymore. The cladding looks hideously cheap, and the colors clash horribly (MUCH worse in person - half looks faded yellow, half looks grey). The awnings are truly cheesy gimmicks.
I'm not sure I like this complex anymore. The cladding looks hideously cheap, and the colors clash horribly (MUCH worse in person - half looks faded yellow, half looks grey). The awnings are truly cheesy gimmicks.
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I appreciate the fact that the cladding isn't the same as fab brick of Student Village I. That being said, the first one does look better.
I appreciate the fact that the cladding isn't the same as fab brick of Student Village I. That being said, the first one does look better.
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Thanks for the photo. Driving by it on the Turnpike extension the other night, I got the slender, glassy head on view. That looked very nice. As for the side view: the cladding and slabby caboose, no thanks!
Thanks for the photo. Driving by it on the Turnpike extension the other night, I got the slender, glassy head on view. That looked very nice. As for the side view: the cladding and slabby caboose, no thanks!