[PAmedic]

*On a completely unrelated note what is the big leveled out pad area over near the tennis complex/LCA fields? Is that where the indoor turf/practice bubble is going? Saw it in the overhead pix they put up but hard to tell whats going on.

no one answered my question so I'll ask a different one: whats with those 4 big smokestack things perched atop the science building?

[Purple Haize]

*On a completely unrelated note what is the big leveled out pad area over near the tennis complex/LCA fields? Is that where the indoor turf/practice bubble is going? Saw it in the overhead pix they put up but hard to tell whats going on.

no one answered my question so I'll ask a different one: whats with those 4 big smokestack things perched atop the science building?

Nuclear Reactor for an independent power source

[alabama24]

I drove 'over' awards road on the way back from Roanoke.

That's the real prize.

[Purple Haize]

I drove 'over' awards road on the way back from Roanoke.

That's the real prize.

HA. Gotta love auto correct!

But it was an amazing sight from 460. It looked like they were merging into one lane down by Wal Mart. Ugh. I'm trying to avoid that place like the plague right now.

[UVALibertyFan]

PAmedic wrote:
*On a completely unrelated note what is the big leveled out pad area over near the tennis complex/LCA fields? Is that where the indoor turf/practice bubble is going? Saw it in the overhead pix they put up but hard to tell whats going on.



no one answered my question so I'll ask a different one: whats with those 4 big smokestack things perched atop the science building?

To answer your first question, that's going to be a parking lot. I think the practice facility is going along Regents Pkwy between the tennis courts and the tunnel where there are signs up to fill in the floodplain.

[PAmedic]

gotcha thx

[PAmedic]

anybody know what happened to the plans for the new natatorium, olympic sports venue that was going here:

[PAmedic]

PAmedic wrote:
*On a completely unrelated note what is the big leveled out pad area over near the tennis complex/LCA fields? Is that where the indoor turf/practice bubble is going? Saw it in the overhead pix they put up but hard to tell whats going on.



no one answered my question so I'll ask a different one: whats with those 4 big smokestack things perched atop the science building?

To answer your first question, that's going to be a parking lot. I think the practice facility is going along Regents Pkwy between the tennis courts and the tunnel where there are signs up to fill in the floodplain.

so...

Parking Lot:


Practice Facility:

[BCXtreme]

I logged back into my account here for the first time in months because I know that there are some people here who have personal connections at the university, some very high up. Does anyone know, or can anyone find out, when LU is going to update the Master Plan on the website? I know they'll just change it again anyway, but it hasn't been updated in like 9 months now, and from everything we've heard, they've changed a lot since then. In case anyone wanted a list: the Olympic Sports Complex, changes to the Landmark Tower area,
changes to the Residential Commons area, changes to the Religion Hall area, and I'm sure there are others.

Since I'm here and asking a question, I might as well answer one. PAmedic, according to Amy Trent of the News & Advance, Liberty is to begin construction of the Olympic Sports Center on East Campus sometime in the spring: http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/l ... f6878.html (check the very last sentence)

[Purple Haize]

I logged back into my account here for the first time in months because I know that there are some people here who have personal connections at the university, some very high up. Does anyone know, or can anyone find out, when LU is going to update the Master Plan on the website? I know they'll just change it again anyway, but it hasn't been updated in like 9 months now, and from everything we've heard, they've changed a lot since then. In case anyone wanted a list: the Olympic Sports Complex, changes to the Landmark Tower area,
changes to the Residential Commons area, changes to the Religion Hall area, and I'm sure there are others.

Since I'm here and asking a question, I might as well answer one. PAmedic, according to Amy Trent of the News & Advance, Liberty is to begin construction of the Olympic Sports Center on East Campus sometime in the spring: http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/l ... f6878.html (check the very last sentence)

They are changing the Master Plan so fast they can't keep up. That awesome

[BCXtreme]

I logged back into my account here for the first time in months because I know that there are some people here who have personal connections at the university, some very high up. Does anyone know, or can anyone find out, when LU is going to update the Master Plan on the website? I know they'll just change it again anyway, but it hasn't been updated in like 9 months now, and from everything we've heard, they've changed a lot since then. In case anyone wanted a list: the Olympic Sports Complex, changes to the Landmark Tower area,
changes to the Residential Commons area, changes to the Religion Hall area, and I'm sure there are others.

Since I'm here and asking a question, I might as well answer one. PAmedic, according to Amy Trent of the News & Advance, Liberty is to begin construction of the Olympic Sports Center on East Campus sometime in the spring: http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/l ... f6878.html (check the very last sentence)

They are changing the Master Plan so fast they can't keep up. That awesome

Irrelevant. At this point, even a three-month-old Master Plan that has since been changed 12 times would be more useful than a nine-month-old Master Plan that has since been changed 36 times. The first update to the website came six months after the initial posting, and there have been no updates since. I, for one, get frustrated when sweeping changes to the plan are mentioned, with no way to see how it fits into the overall picture. And it's not as if Liberty is in the habit of waiting to provide such information until it's 100% final.

Since this is essentially a Master Plan discussion thread, here are the major changes I've noticed since the website was last updated on 11/15/13.

Lakeside Dining Hall and VMDO-Designed Housing
This one was addressed briefly by President Falwell in the publicly broadcast Spring 2014 All-Faculty Meeting. This replaces the original plan to put a new dining hall in the Landmark Tower (Liberty Journal Spring 2014). The project is to incorporate more high-rise housing, but these buildings are designed by VMDO and are clearly of a different breed than the existing Residential Commons project across the lawn (those buildings are designed by another architect, hence why they are shown here in nondescript white).



Campus Landmark Tower and Honors Quad
We know quite a lot about the Tower now, thanks to the Journal and local media. What has been pictured, but never mentioned, is the apparent companion demolition of Hill dorms M19-M21 to make way for another new building. Based on the label "Honors Quad" in the image, I assume the new building is an honors dorm like those at many other colleges, but there have been no details. In general, the Tower area as it appears on the old Master Plan does not at all match the current version of the project.



Unknown Changes to the Religion Hall Area
This one is the most cryptic/baffling to me. Upon careful examination of two different recent images (yes, I do have a life, before anyone asks), I noticed something interesting. The current Religion Hall does not appear to be present in either of these images; rather, it seems to have been replaced by a new, much-differently shaped building. My personal assumption is that it will be a new Religion Hall; since there was a plan in place to build one prior to the whole School of Music thing, it makes sense. The current Religion Hall will be the last slab building left on campus soon, and with all the new digs, Towns Auditorium is becoming a "jack of all trades, master of none" facility. A new Religion Hall that provides more space and amenities, and fits on its parcel better, leaving more room for the new eastern perimeter road, would be a welcome addition to the plan. There's also apparently going to be a new academic building in front of DeMoss, but again, there has been no official acknowledgment of the nature of either project.



If anyone has any declassified information about any of this stuff, feel free to share, I would love to hear it. Oh, and before anybody asks, all of these images appeared in the last several months from different sources, and are consistent with each other; in other words, they are not old images, nor are they faked in some way. They are from a combination of http://cmainc.us, http://www.josephatkins.net, and the Liberty Journal. In the meantime, I haven't seen these things posted here before, so … discuss

[PAmedic]

nice job bro

this is the crap that keeps me up at night too and I'm glad someone else is obsessive as I am.

I must watch those cameras 10x a day.

now that I think about it, I may have a problem.

somebody help a brother(s) out and fill us in.

[alabama24]

The difference is when you stay up at night, you are photoshopping new images instead of doing real investigative work.

[BCXtreme]

nice job bro

this is the crap that keeps me up at night too and I'm glad someone else is obsessive as I am.

I must watch those cameras 10x a day.

now that I think about it, I may have a problem.

somebody help a brother(s) out and fill us in.

It rarely keeps me up at night, but I do obsess over it and I do check the cameras multiple times per day. They don't cover nearly enough angles to make me happy though. I have about 125 images saved to my computer, basically every architectural rendering Liberty has released (officially or unofficially) since 2010-2011.

And yes, we do have a problem. But as problems go, there are worse ones to have.

[PAmedic]

between the construction fixation and your Pink Floyd thing you got going on there I think I like you

[PAmedic]

The difference is when you stay up at night, you are photoshopping new images instead of doing real investigative work. :I chortle audibly.:

hey what can I say- I have a creative mind and when it freaks my wife out, I do this instead

hey-ohhhhhhhhhhhh

[alabama24]

lol

[PAmedic]

Liberty today app (which occasionally works on my tablet) reporting parking garage is open.

Looks like a construction site to me but ...

[BCXtreme]

Liberty today app (which occasionally works on my tablet) reporting parking garage is open.

Looks like a construction site to me but ...

The announcement said the only entrance for now is on the Regents Parkway side, which we can't see from either webcam. It looks like the remaining construction is just exterior facade, which shouldn't interfere with parking. Last time I checked the webcam after dark, the inside was all lit up.

between the construction fixation and your Pink Floyd thing you got going on there I think I like you

Thanks, although the avatar has nothing to do with Pink Floyd; it's based on the Lantern Corps from DC Comics. But I can certainly see the similarity to Pink Floyd imagery.

[PAmedic]

between the construction fixation and your Pink Floyd thing you got going on there I think I like you

Thanks, although the avatar has nothing to do with Pink Floyd; it's based on the Lantern Corps from DC Comics. But I can certainly see the similarity to Pink Floyd imagery.

ah... gotcha

(old guy here)

[Purple Haize]

between the construction fixation and your Pink Floyd thing you got going on there I think I like you

Thanks, although the avatar has nothing to do with Pink Floyd; it's based on the Lantern Corps from DC Comics. But I can certainly see the similarity to Pink Floyd imagery.

ah... gotcha

(old guy here)

I too thought it was a Pink Floyd thing. Or a Gay Rights Equality thing.

[JakeP50]

I actually knew exactly what it was. Yes I am a nerd.

[Yacht Rock]

Yeah the whole triangle and rainbow thing has the gay rights bent to it. Lol

[Purple Haize]

Yeah the whole triangle and rainbow thing has the gay rights bent to it. I chortle audibly.

It's the rainbow thing. My out never know now a days

[BCXtreme]

between the construction fixation and your Pink Floyd thing you got going on there I think I like you

Thanks, although the avatar has nothing to do with Pink Floyd; it's based on the Lantern Corps from DC Comics. But I can certainly see the similarity to Pink Floyd imagery.

ah... gotcha

(old guy here)

No worries, you're right about the resemblance. Plus I'm sure Pink Floyd is more recognizable than the Lantern Corps to most people.

I actually knew exactly what it was. Yes I am a nerd.

+1

As a feeble attempt to bring this thread back toward the intended topic; there was an announcement that said the new parking lot near Green Hall will be finished and open this week, weather permitting.