Grassy area to replace San Ramon
By REUBEN CONTRERAS
The sight of giant tractors ripping the San Ramon building 2 into pieces
will be replaced with the scenery that was there nearly 36 years ago —
green space.
Robert Boyd, director of facilities management said grass will be planted
in the area surrounded by trees to the north and McLane Hall to the south
of the campus.
San Ramon 2 was razed last week after 36 years since it was constructed.
Photo by Joseph Hollak |
Once the removal of the buildings is complete, the area will be landscaped
to provide additional green space on campus.
“It provides students with a beautiful setting in which to learn
and grow,” Boyd said. “This project is part of the overall
effort to hold true to the vision of the university.”
Boyd said his department was making an effort to make the environment
on campus more pleasant.
Boyd said grass would also be planted at the San Ramon building 3 site
after razing is complete.
Engineering students Winn Thomason and Mike Collins said they didn’t
care about what replaced San Ramon building.
“I have 74 more days (to graduate),” said Collins, a senior
who will be graduating in May. “I’m on campus only five hours
a week.”
But Thomason, a civil engineering major, hoped they would replace it with
another building.
“Any construction is great for me,” Thomason said. “I’m
a structural engineer.”
The area has a few large trees but is mainly surrounded by sidewalks.
Removal of San Ramon 3, at the northwest corner of San Ramon and Maple
avenue’s is expected to begin today.
Grass will be planted at San Ramon Building 6, west of San Ramon Building
3.
The area is surrounded by sidewalks along San Ramon Avenue and a walkway
in the middle of building 6 with a few small trees.
Boyd said those trees would have to be taken out because they are right
in the middle of the building.
San Ramon building 6 will remain open until April, when the Psychology
and Human Services building remodeling project is complete. San Ramon
6 is expected to be razed by May.
San Ramon buildings 2 and 3 were constructed in 1969, and in 1988 San
Ramon building 6 was constructed.
The buildings were among several temporary buildings added to the campus
to ease classroom and office shortages.
Removal of the San Ramon Buildings has been contingent on the opening
in January of the new Science II building, which provides additional classroom
and office spaces.
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