Every time I drive by the new dorms on Grant I'm irritated by the design. Forget the aesthetics of the goofy colors, which I think is goofy but doesn't bother me enough to not like the building. Instead I'm upset with the function of the building. Grant Street is in most parts in a sad state. The design they used by fencing off the entire Grant side and having no primary or secondary type of entrance on that side is just sad. And on an urban design note it creates division in the neighborhood and a gaping fissure between the campus and the community.
I understand there were probably concerns with safety on that side of the campus, but that prairie of a parking lot is well lit and empty at night, not to mention regularly patrolled by campus police.
To make another point I'll reference the "build it to the curb" crowd on BR. If they're leaving that space for future uses I'll let it slide, but I'm doubtful.
Poor design.
On another note, there is now a gaping hole where a house used to be on Grant between the campus and Forest. Not sure what the plan is but Buff State could do good for the neighborhood by making like a lot of local colleges and expanding the reach of the campus and building townhomes in the blighted parts. I'm thinking something like what UB did with all those townhouses.
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i agree it definitely blocks off the campus from grant street. I also don't understad why they didn't make the buildings taller and use up less space.....they have taller dorms on the other side of campus, so why not do the same for the new buildings. Imagine the views that the upper floors would have of downtown. For a city campus it has a very suburban design sometimes
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Well...I live in the 'hood, two blocks from the Grant Steet dorms and I LIKE them and so do the students that reside there. Re the design, you have to remember that it went to the lowest bidder, eh? Buff. State got their money's worth...so quit your bitchin'...
Well thanks for contributing so heartily to the conversation. As I stated the problem I have is with the land use and the building's relation to the surrounding community. You're obviously quite content with the building, and that's fantastic. However I bet your 'hood two blocks away could have benefited as a community by having a building that tied in with its surroundings. They might as well have built a moat.