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Students send off quad before it's torn down with food, music at the second Ridgewoodstock
News | 4/24/07
Posted online at 11:02 PM EST on 4/23/07
/ Last updated at 5:47 AM EST on 4/23/07
Ridgewoodstock, an outdoor celebration in Ziv Commons, took on a different tone this year for students who gathered to say goodbye to Ridgewood, the University's junior housing that will be torn down this summer to make way for a new quad on the lower part of campus.
The event, now in its second year and hosted by the Office of Residence Life, was held Sunday afternoon with an environmental focus to celebrate Earth Day.
Administrators announced last October that Ridgewood, the 109-bed residence quad built in 1951, would be rebuilt by spring 2009 and will house 184 students in apartment-style living. The construction project will cost $35 million. Ziv Commons will also be torn down and replaced by a new two-story common area.
In a sense, aspects of Ridgewood itself will be recycled. Ziv and Ridgewood Quad Director Jerome Holland said that many of the appliances currently in Ridgewood will be moved into the Charles River Apartments once the buildings are torn down. And even the bricks from the old buildings will be used elsewhere.
A crowd consisting mostly of juniors listened to music, enjoyed a barbecue and ice cream sundaes, smoked hookah, played Frisbee and tie-dyed T-shirts. Current and former Ridgewood residents also bid farewell to the residence by collecting items for a Ridgewood time capsule.
Though it was a goodbye party, the event's tone was celebratory, as students look forward to the new dorm. Matthew Wakim '08, a Village Quad resident, said, "It's time to improve our campus; they're going to build some great dorms here."
Ridgewood Community Advisor Jessica Panu '08 said Residence Life may hold a day for residents to paint the inside of Ziv Commons before it is torn down.
The event, now in its second year and hosted by the Office of Residence Life, was held Sunday afternoon with an environmental focus to celebrate Earth Day.
Administrators announced last October that Ridgewood, the 109-bed residence quad built in 1951, would be rebuilt by spring 2009 and will house 184 students in apartment-style living. The construction project will cost $35 million. Ziv Commons will also be torn down and replaced by a new two-story common area.
In a sense, aspects of Ridgewood itself will be recycled. Ziv and Ridgewood Quad Director Jerome Holland said that many of the appliances currently in Ridgewood will be moved into the Charles River Apartments once the buildings are torn down. And even the bricks from the old buildings will be used elsewhere.
A crowd consisting mostly of juniors listened to music, enjoyed a barbecue and ice cream sundaes, smoked hookah, played Frisbee and tie-dyed T-shirts. Current and former Ridgewood residents also bid farewell to the residence by collecting items for a Ridgewood time capsule.
Though it was a goodbye party, the event's tone was celebratory, as students look forward to the new dorm. Matthew Wakim '08, a Village Quad resident, said, "It's time to improve our campus; they're going to build some great dorms here."
Ridgewood Community Advisor Jessica Panu '08 said Residence Life may hold a day for residents to paint the inside of Ziv Commons before it is torn down.
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Martin Zelnik Class of '61 (Architect)
posted 4/24/07 @ 8:32 AM EST
After years of mindless renovations to this residential complex, it was probably time for Ridgewood to be torn down and replaced. But Brandeis students and faculty should not remain silent should future landmark buildings at Brandeis become endangerd such as The Castle or the Three Chapels. (Continued…)
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