Portland Frog
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Double dip it. Dig a tunnel under University *and* Stadium.Deep Purple said:
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TCU Construction Updates
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Deep Purple
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jewstfrogit said:
Not exactly true. Stadium is heavily trafficked during morning and afternoon rush hours. I use it everyday, and not all of that traffic is TCU-related. Half of it is coming and going from the University West neighborhood. Friends in University West tell me just about everybody in the neighborhood wanting southbound access to Bellaire/Berry uses Stadium specifically to avoid the tangle on University.
In order to make the turning lane configurations you suggest, the city would have to use eminent domain to confiscate the Shell station and perhaps 1-2 other privately owned commercial properties -- maybe even the TCU Bookstore.
And that wouldn't solve the problem. You'd still be increasing traffic volume on University by as much as 1/3 due to shutting down Stadium. A few turning lane reconfigurations may reduce the snarl a little, but it's not going to remove all those additional cars from University Drive.
Simple geometry. Only 100 1x1" squares will fit into a 10x10" box. No matter how you reconfigure the box or the squares, you'll never fit more units into it because you still have an area of only 100 square inches to work with.
TCUdirtbag
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One does not question Deep's omnipotence. At least not without getting a written lecture about how he knows everything about everything and you are wrong about everything. His expertise in traffic engineering, urban planning, real estate acquisitions and law obviously led him to a career in mid-level university athletics administration. Because that's where super-geniuses go.YA said:
I'm With The Band
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Thats not what he does.jewstfrogit said:
Deep Purple
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YA said:
Just foundations.
Didn't profess any expertise. Was just voicing an opinion like everybody else. And getting the same standard Kf.c response -- if you don't like the opinion, attack the poster.
TCUdirtbag
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Deep Purple said:
I just like to rag on you and your irritating/arrogant phrase-by-phrase deconstructions of every post you disagree with. Credit where credit is due, though: kudos on locking down the huge Rees-Jones Foundation gift.
ShadowFrog
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jewstfrogit said:
if Deep is mid-level I'd sign up now to be an associate mid-level.
TCUdirtbag
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I'm sitting in the airport and tired of reading about football team shenanigans and injuries. Let's take a look at some campus construction updates:
Baseball locker room/lounge/office/player facility is coming along. Demo is done and concrete started last week:
New latitude bermuda infield is in place:
Dugouts have new flooring and new benches (flooring and bench frames shown):
Looks like the DMC/Schollmaier arena will be ready--just not sure if the surrounding building will be. New floor and video board are in place. The new steeper seating is behind the buckets. The courtside seats will be removable and sit on the round arena floor:
The renovated library is set to open in the next couple weeks, here's a look inside at some sort of interactive video board in the main lobby, a shot of the colonnade outside the main/old reading room, a look at the new Bistro Burnett, and a picture of one of the new, smaller reading rooms:
Baseball locker room/lounge/office/player facility is coming along. Demo is done and concrete started last week:
New latitude bermuda infield is in place:
Dugouts have new flooring and new benches (flooring and bench frames shown):
Looks like the DMC/Schollmaier arena will be ready--just not sure if the surrounding building will be. New floor and video board are in place. The new steeper seating is behind the buckets. The courtside seats will be removable and sit on the round arena floor:
The renovated library is set to open in the next couple weeks, here's a look inside at some sort of interactive video board in the main lobby, a shot of the colonnade outside the main/old reading room, a look at the new Bistro Burnett, and a picture of one of the new, smaller reading rooms:
Portland Frog
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TCUdirtbag said:I'm sitting in the airport and tired of reading about football team shenanigans and injuries. Let's take a look at some campus construction updates:
Baseball locker room/lounge/office/player facility is coming along. Demo is done and concrete started last week:
New latitude bermuda infield is in place:
Dugouts have new flooring and new benches (flooring and bench frames shown):
Looks like the DMC/Schollmaier arena will be ready--just not sure if the surrounding building will be. New floor and video board are in place. The new steeper seating is behind the buckets. The courtside seats will be removable and sit on the round arena floor:
The renovated library is set to open in the next couple weeks, here's a look inside at some sort of interactive video board in the main lobby, a shot of the colonnade outside the main/old reading room, a look at the new Bistro Burnett, and a picture of one of the new, smaller reading rooms:
This is good stuff. Thanks for posting.
TCUdirtbag
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FYI -- photos all from Ross Bailey and Schloss on Twitter and the TCU Library on bookface
BankerFrog
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Holy [ Finebaum ] the library looks phenomenal
Hoosierfrog
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How many Kroger stores are there on that one spot?geno said:
BABYFACE
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We are in Lot 3. We take the first street on the left exiting the stadium(Highview?) then left on Park Hill and another left towards Colonial Country Club. Follow the golf course towards the river and take another left that goes thru Tanglewood and dumps you out on Hulen.YA said:
Best way out of traffic from Lot 3 that I know of.
TCUdirtbag
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Greek Village in Worth Hills---
https://vimeo.com/140309459
https://vimeo.com/140309459
Deep Purple
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A lot of the concepts presented in this thread are now realities on the TCU campus. The rest will become realities over the next three years. The new sorority houses will be completed by 2017, the new fraternity houses by 2018. This includes houses for a new fraternity recognized this year and a new sorority to be added next year. It also includes expansion space for up to 3 new Greek organizations that could be added in the future.
