Paint It Purple
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I still occasionally have that same dream. Only it's finals week and I realize I only attended class once and now can't find the darn classroom. 50 years later, still.
TCU Construction Updates
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Peacefrog
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That ugly building makes my wife angry. It’s better when my wife isn’t angry. Burn it down. Or a less dangerous demolition option.
NewFrogFan
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FroginBedford68
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Working on master's degree at University of North Texas....PTA open house the night that our final paper was due...explained to prof that I couldn't attend class that night...he said mail (before interwebnetworld and PDF) it to him....Called him a couple of days after mailing it...Yes, he got the paper....Anything I need to know before final exam? No....He failed to tell me that as a member of the football coach hiring team, he was meeting that night....Moved the final to a room next to the meeting room....I reported to the original classroom....No one there....No one on that floor at all....Security guard happened by (exam had started 15 minutes before his arrival)....He called prof's home....Wife said he was meeting in that other place....Of course, a different building....I got there, told him what happened....He said just go in the room next door which had typewriters (turned out to be the university PR lab)....Everyone in there was typing the exam, using notes....Which I didn't take to campus....Last question was "What do you think you should get in this course?" I typed "A" and explained in writing all the snafus....He gave me a "B"....
Deep Purple
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Not sure what you mean by TCU "bullying" potential sellers. Does the University send around goon squads to threaten folks into selling?
Fact is, that guy painted himself into a corner. He had only one potential buyer. Because his property had become a campus enclave, nobody but TCU was ever going to buy it. And because the buyer was TCU, he got big green dollar signs in his eyes and overplayed his hand. It's a frequent occurrence among adjacent or enclaved property owners. Mistakenly assuming they've got TCU over a barrel, they get greedy, demanding absurdly inflated selling prices. Most never get paid what they want.
What more routinely happens is that the seller gradually realizes he isn't going to be around forever, but TCU is in it for the long haul and can afford to just wait him out. TCU waited more than 10 years to acquire the Bellaire Drive property in front of the Harrison, and more than twice that long for the Bellaire North property across from the football practice fields. TCU often pays an above-market price for properties like that, but will not be gouged into paying two or three times the market value.
So unless that property is of prime strategic importance under the Campus Master Plan -- which is almost never the case -- TCU simply withdraws its offer, builds around the property, and moves on. I saw it happen oh-so-many times over a period of nearly 30 years.
Sweat Equity
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ShadowFrog
Overachieving Frog Hero
Time portal transfer completed.
Please update facilities for the out of towners.
Please update facilities for the out of towners.
Bad news, all the buildings got abducted by UFOs overnight. Going to get a bunch of classroom portables brought in over the next few weeks, and on-campus students are getting TCU-branded shovels to dig their own burrow in the crater where things once stood.
Good news is that Neeley is taking this opportunity to expand and add an additional building on the south side of campus!
FroggleRock
Active Member
Are there any updates relating to Lupton or AGCS?
I had heard there were plans to do a complete tear-down and redo of the baseball stadium.
Had also heard that there were plans at some point to add something like a letterman’s suite above the existing stands in the north end zone.
I had heard there were plans to do a complete tear-down and redo of the baseball stadium.
Had also heard that there were plans at some point to add something like a letterman’s suite above the existing stands in the north end zone.
Fort Worth Urban
Member
A few views of where the new Robert A.M. Stern-designed halls will be and what they'll look like. Will have a total of 779 beds and 20,000 square feet of retail space.
FroggleRock
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Anyone want to pool some money to bring back Cellar in one of the retail spots?
froginaustin
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How could it possibly be that place in well-maintained, spiffy, clean space?
FroggleRock
Active Member
Make it into a speakeasy. Nice up front, classic Cellar in the back!
Fort Worth Urban
Member
Quick update
Morado on Berry site (780 beds)
East Campus overview.
Freshman housing (1,322 beds) at center
Sophmore housing (454 beds)back left
Upper-division townhouse-style housing (120 units) at right
Garage/TCU PD HQ at back center
Another angle
Not pictured is another project with 554 beds for Sophomores in Worth Hills.
Morado on Berry site (780 beds)
East Campus overview.
Freshman housing (1,322 beds) at center
Sophmore housing (454 beds)back left
Upper-division townhouse-style housing (120 units) at right
Garage/TCU PD HQ at back center
Another angle
Not pictured is another project with 554 beds for Sophomores in Worth Hills.
Morado Muerte
Active Member
Thanks for the update! Enjoy following your other sites on Fort Worth, tooQuick update
Morado on Berry site (780 beds)
East Campus overview.
Freshman housing (1,322 beds) at center
Sophmore housing (454 beds)back left
Upper-division townhouse-style housing (120 units) at right
Garage/TCU PD HQ at back center
Another angle
Not pictured is another project with 554 beds for Sophomores in Worth Hills.
HToady
Full Member
This is great to make room for more students on campus. Just one question....how many parking spots are being added?Quick update
Morado on Berry site (780 beds)
East Campus overview.
Freshman housing (1,322 beds) at center
Sophmore housing (454 beds)back left
Upper-division townhouse-style housing (120 units) at right
Garage/TCU PD HQ at back center
Another angle
Not pictured is another project with 554 beds for Sophomores in Worth Hills.
Chongo94
Active Member
Fort Worth Urban
Member
The east campus garage going up has 950 spaces and the Morado project will have an integrated garage similar to Grandmarc/Molly Reid. Certainly not as many as spaces as there are new beds, though.
Thank you!
TCUdirtbag
Active Member
East Campus construction has eliminated about 1,200 spots. 950 of those will be replaced by the now-under construction east campus garage, plus another undisclosed amount by the Morado garage (presumably enough for its 780 residents plus support for the ground level retail).
3-4 more garages are included in the master plan to accommodate growth, but none of those are in the planning stage. So, under the current plans, it’s a net -250 stalls on east campus before accounting for the 1,900 new beds they’re building right now. Not to mention the 550 beds they’re adding in worth hills. Expect continued parking challenges in the near term. A rural campus we are not.
New East Campus Parking Garage will also be New Home for TCU Public Safety
Critical big ideas are at the heart of the TCU Campus Master Plan. At the nuts and bolts are safety and parking, which will be two of the first things to visibly take shape.
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