Old Chapel, UMass Amherst
A group calling itself UMass Alumni for Campus Preservation is calling for a mid-course correction on the $30 million Old Chapel preservation project, citing specifically the "trendy modernization" usage of glass entry doors.
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Arguably no other structure on the sprawling campus has such a recognizable iconic stature, borne back ceaselessly into the (distant) past.
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Welcome to UMass....
I'm actually surprised that they didn't try to discredit the dissident alumni with some sort of defamatory smear -- bogus mental health ones usually are used.
It's true, this redesign is a TRAVESTY. :( :( This idea of "making it better" is soooooo misguided. It'll look neat for about a week before the realization it was a bad idea sets in. Wait for the glass to start leaking and for the renovation to fall into disrepair... IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT!!!!!!!!
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