Roux Institute Campus Development | Portland

TC_zoid said:
Hey, so heard some rumors. Roux needs a hotel near its de facto short-term housing (or is it really short term?) for visiting short term students and faculty for the Washington Ave burner development that Redfern is developing into 300 plus studios and apartments (a de facto dorm). Across the street all 3 properties are for sale, including the Amvets. What about a small micro hotel, a la The Longfellow or Moxy at Thompson's Point? Put a sky bridge or tunnel across and now they have their de facto social dynamic with the Anderson Street offerings below. That would become a cool hang environment, and since all these students are graduate ones, bars and nightlife will be a big attraction. Money. Lars from Sweden is asking. And Ling Ling from China is wanting.
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I'd make U-Haul an offer for this property:

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Driving up 295 this morning I noticed they've started groundwork on the garage - partially trenched and some steel being pounded. Between that and the work on the other new building starting to get a feel for it.
 
just in case anyone wants the update meeting link

Important Updates​

Please join us at 5:00 p.m. on March 13th for an update on construction activities at the site of the future home of Northeastern University’s Portland Campus. Representatives from Northeastern University, Consigli and the project oversight team will provide a construction update and answer any questions. The meeting will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams. We hope you can attend.
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There's now a mock-up built/being built near Sherwood/295 - hard to see flying by, we need @Corey and his big lens to grab us some shots.
 
Interesting, so Reed Hastings, co-founder of Netflix, gives $50 million to his alma mater Bowdoin for A.I. research. But not to advance it, but to figure out how it can damage society. Basically, he wants the school to create a program to kind of police it. This is in direct opposition to the Roux mandate, which is "full speed ahead." Odd, coming from a man and company that will soon offer half its content through A.I. generations, thus screwing over existing and future actors, writers, directors, etc. Below is a frame grab from yesterday's NY Times.

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I can't speak to how much Netflix content will be AI-generated, as I am the last person in America who doesn't subscribe to it (it may be free trial time when Sandman season 2 drops). However, a humanities-focused center on the philosophy, meaning and consequences of AI strikes me as being right up Bowdoin's alley.
 
markhb said:
I can't speak to how much Netflix content will be AI-generated, as I am the last person in America who doesn't subscribe to it (it may be free trial time when Sandman season 2 drops). However, a humanities-focused center on the philosophy, meaning and consequences of AI strikes me as being right up Bowdoin's alley.
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Yes. Probably one of the more Left-leaning colleges in America. That and they were voted best food service in the nation for colleges and universities. Lobster dinners 24/7. Google it. Not really vegetation friendly, they are. They've had some bad publicity of late too, with the removal of a prominent trustee who is linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
 
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I hope someone does a Timelapse with a picture a day from the same spot. This transformation will be truly monumental.
 
They should have fought to build the housing in the first phase. Where are they going to put the initial 2,000 students? It’s going to be non-stop shuttle vans all over town. I’m forever in awe of how the mostly older people in Maine still can’t think beyond their present state. And then we all suffer by it.
 
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