Posted October 28, 201014 yr Been a long two years so far at Xavier... :) Check back for more photos! 1 Several students received a free acupuncture treatment by Dr. Sheng at the Health & Wellness Fair sponsored by the Xavier Health & Wellness Center! 2 A health and wellness fair, and also my first production photo using a new flash. 3 There was an International Coffee Hour with the Japanese Society, where food was also served. The food by the end was exhausted (and yummy)! 4 Our mascot with one of our finest! 5 Students enjoying a game of Frisbee on the residence hall lawn. 6 Several old houses that housed campus functions were razed in February 2010. 7 A crane that was used during the construction of the new Great American Tower rises by early-April. 8 By late April... 9 A view from a helicopter, showing the new Hoff Academic Quad and the new residence/dining hall. 10 Our (current) office is caddy-corner from the construction site! 11 12 13 By June, a full work crew was busy constructing floors. It was awesome to sit on the roof of Smith Hall for an hour and document the sequence that the floors were prepped, formed and cured. 14 It's big. 15 16 17 August 18 October 19 And just before that gusty, violent storm a few days ago. The cranes are positioned over my car :( 20 The only person who stands out in a heavy downpour shooting photos of people scurrying for cover. 21 Paper Airplane Toss fundraiser for Children's. 22 Fiesta del Sol (check out the mouth on the far right) 23 International Coffee Hour in the new Smith Hall More to come!
October 28, 201014 yr Great stuff! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 28, 201014 yr Was just there last night talking to some of the business school seniors, first time I was in the new Smith Hall... wow, it's absolutely gorgeous.
October 28, 201014 yr Great shots! What will be going in the space between the new residential/dining hall and Dana (to the east of the new Business school)?
November 15, 201014 yr @Edale: Nothing for now, although the plans for the East Campus have been revived just very recently, and site plans are being drawn up again. I can't disclose much more about it at the moment, but IMO, it may just be a build the buildings when they are needed type of deal. A new recreational center is badly needed for our fastly growing enrollment though. 24 Here is one from Friday in the late evening. I was hoping to get more movement in Smith Hall (College of Business), but the game pretty much took up all of the activity!
November 15, 201014 yr Thanks for the info. Will that space be used as a parking lot or green space in the interim? I'd like to see Xavier increase its presence along Dana, and having a parking lot in that space definitely would not achieve that.
November 15, 201014 yr No, it's just being reseeded to become a mowable lawn. Some of the land is being used for the Dana Avenue reconstruction, which began mid-summer with the utility work. You can see the barricades and the survey stakes all along the route, which will create a four-lane roadway, with bike lanes, and a curbed median from Intestate 71 to Victory Parkway.
November 16, 201014 yr Greg Rust, Xavier's Director for Photography, conducted a service project to the Cheyenne Indians in Montana, and began documenting life among the tribe. The photographs he has taken are just amazing...
November 16, 201014 yr One last question. Will the roads that cut through campus be maintained as public streets, restricted (gated entry) streets, or converted to pedestrian only?
November 16, 201014 yr Well, Herald Avenue was cut off and an academic mall was created in the 1960s during that wave of expansion. The city fought Xavier on that, and we won. There is a stub off of Dana that serves the abandoned house -- which is slated for demolition soon for the curve reconstruction. Ledgewood Avenue was cut when the residence halls were constructed between Herald and an area near Victory Parkway on the north side of campus. Soon, Ledgewood will be removed from the new Hoff Academic Quad (where the road will bend to go behind the new residence hall under construction) to Herald, and Herald will be removed from the intersection with Ledgewood to a point near the Cintas Center.
December 7, 201014 yr Neat coverage; Xavier is really growing, and doing it with style. The Catholic universities seem to be doing well financially. In Fort Wayne, University of Saint Francis has added a lot of new facilities in recent years. Enrollment is small compared with some others, about 2,000 students. The university started with 70-acre Brookside, the John Bass estate, purchased by the Order of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration as the new home for their college in 1944. John Henry Bass was owner of Bass Foundry in Fort Wayne, manufacturer of steam engines and related equipment and at one time the largest maker of railroad cars in the world. The 1903 Richardsonian Romanesque Bass Mansion was the university's library for many years prior to the recently completed $5.9 million restoration. There's been so much new construction that, except for the mansion and one other building, the campus hardly would be recognizable from ten years ago.
December 7, 201014 yr ^Ok perfect! Thanks for that, Sherman. I was still kind of having trouble visualizing what exactly was going to be done. This will really make Bellarmine the heart of campus.
December 15, 201014 yr 26 A 20-image pano of our building's lobby. One of the most inspired Art Deco structures in Cincinnati with a large mural that I will photograph later. 27 From the third floor of the Gallagher Student Center.
December 16, 201014 yr ^Are you in the Alumni Center across Dana from main campus? I went to school there for half a year when part of my school collapsed.
January 28, 201114 yr I took the following photographs Wednesday of the new residence hall and dining complex. The building is as large as the last three buildings constructed on Xavier's campus! 28 Joe Frecker describes the green roof on top of the dining complex that will support grass and native vegetation. 29 30 A view of a suite in a residence hall. 31 32 33 34 One year ago, there were houses converted to offices. 35 Joe Frecker describes the layout of a typical suite in the residence hall. 36 37 A view of a study room, overlooking central campus. 38 Looking into one of two retail spaces along Herald Avenue. Currito: Burritos Without Borders will occupy one of the spots. 39 A view into the dining complex. 40 41 42 The dining complex holds over 700, and is much larger than the existing Hoff Caf. 43 44 45 A new pizza oven! 46 47 48 49 Joe Frecker describes the layout and operation of the future dining complex. 50 51 Water chillers 52 Hot water heaters 53 54 55
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