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When Greek houses demolished, Terry College will take its place

Abstract:
The prime real estate at the corner of Baxter and Lumpkin streets will undergo several changes until it becomes the new home of the Terry College of Business.

"We have some schematic layouts drawn, just enough to define the size and the idea," said Danny Sniff, associate vice president for facilities planning....

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robert

posted 6/25/09 @ 9:12 AM EST

booooo. parking lots instead of historic houses? give me a break. go aboout 100 yards up baxter and tear down those projects! public housing in that part of athens is an eyesore and ludicrous misuse of prime real estate. give me a break.
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bulldog99

posted 6/25/09 @ 9:32 AM EST

Originally posted by

robert

 booooo. parking lots instead of historic houses? give me a break. go aboout 100 yards up baxter and tear down those projects! public housing in that part of athens is an eyesore and ludicrous misuse of prime real estate. give me a break.


Can I get a witness?!?! Parking lots??? Really?
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A. Reed

posted 6/25/09 @ 10:06 AM EST

Originally posted by

robert

 booooo. parking lots instead of historic houses? give me a break. go aboout 100 yards up baxter and tear down those projects! public housing in that part of athens is an eyesore and ludicrous misuse of prime real estate. give me a break.


If Homelessness in Athens is already extremely high, why would you make such an ignorant comment to say they should tear down the public housing. Yes, it may be not look great to you but they were here WAY before you got here and will be here after. If you care so much, why don't you see why we have public housing in the first place and try to correct that situation!
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historian

posted 6/25/09 @ 10:53 AM EST

Originally posted by

robert

 booooo. parking lots instead of historic houses? give me a break. go aboout 100 yards up baxter and tear down those projects! public housing in that part of athens is an eyesore and ludicrous misuse of prime real estate. give me a break.


I think it's unlikely that the public housing was there before these fraternity houses, since the houses have been there for a very, very long time. That being said, there is obviously a need for more public housing in Athens, but the current location this close to the University is probably untenable. The University should be at the forefront of identifying new and innovative means of providing public housing in Athens, as well as alleviating the underlying poverty if they want to continue their current path of expansion.
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robert

posted 6/25/09 @ 11:40 AM EST

Move the housing out to the eastside, where there is plenty of room and land is less valuable. public housing should not occupy such lucrative and valuable real estate, its outrageous. also, public housing also has a tendency to attract crime, which we don't need around campus and downtown.

to A. reed, i can correct it...GET A JOB! people who live in public housing (or are on welfare or use food-stamps, etc.) should not be allowed to have cellphones, cable tv, pricey vehicles, etc. if they can't afford the necessities, they cant afford the luxuries. also, they should be drug tested and not allowed to buy alcohol.
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sam

posted 6/25/09 @ 12:06 PM EST

Originally posted by

robert

 Move the housing out to the eastside, where there is plenty of room and land is less valuable. public housing should not occupy such lucrative and valuable real estate, its outrageous. also, public housing also has a tendency to attract crime, which we don't need around campus and downtown.

to A. reed, i can correct it...GET A JOB! people who live in public housing (or are on welfare or use food-stamps, etc.) should not be allowed to have cellphones, cable tv, pricey vehicles, etc. if they can't afford the necessities, they cant afford the luxuries. also, they should be drug tested and not allowed to buy alcohol.


Because constant drug testing won't be a burden of the taxpayer either, tard.

...so Terry's going where the houses used to be? It's like the Greeks never even left! Everyone wins! Hooray!
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robert

posted 6/25/09 @ 1:01 PM EST

Originally posted by

robert

 Move the housing out to the eastside, where there is plenty of room and land is less valuable. public housing should not occupy such lucrative and valuable real estate, its outrageous. also, public housing also has a tendency to attract crime, which we don't need around campus and downtown.

to A. reed, i can correct it...GET A JOB! people who live in public housing (or are on welfare or use food-stamps, etc.) should not be allowed to have cellphones, cable tv, pricey vehicles, etc. if they can't afford the necessities, they cant afford the luxuries. also, they should be drug tested and not allowed to buy alcohol.


You fool. A reasonable drug testing program could be put into place that would not be very expensive. A simple contract with a lab company. Hell, take some of hand-out money and use it to help pay. The cost would definitely be less than what the government pays out to people who drink and use drugs. I don't know about you, but if my hard earned money is being given to someone else, they better not be using drugs or drinking.
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Jack

posted 6/26/09 @ 8:11 AM EST

Originally posted by

robert

 Move the housing out to the eastside, where there is plenty of room and land is less valuable. public housing should not occupy such lucrative and valuable real estate, its outrageous. also, public housing also has a tendency to attract crime, which we don't need around campus and downtown.

to A. reed, i can correct it...GET A JOB! people who live in public housing (or are on welfare or use food-stamps, etc.) should not be allowed to have cellphones, cable tv, pricey vehicles, etc. if they can't afford the necessities, they cant afford the luxuries. also, they should be drug tested and not allowed to buy alcohol.


Very well stated in both posts, Robert. Couldn't agree more. Athens has plenty of viable alternatives for public housing locations, all of which are less problematic for the citizens and the university than the current Baxter St area.
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harold

posted 6/25/09 @ 3:28 PM EST

"One particularly historic fraternity to leave behind its house of 52 years is Tau Epsilon Phi."

TEP, particularly historic, really? More so than Phi Delt, which has had two governors, or Pike, which has a Heisman Trophy winner. I mean, both are a lot more historic than TEP and have been on campus and on Lumpkin St. longer.

I'm not hating on TEP, or trying to turn this into a GreekRank frat tier debate, but do your fucking research Red & Black.

TEP is moving from the worst frat house on campus into a brand new home. What's the point of this article? I know it's summer, but try a little harder, R & B.
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ugastudent

posted 6/25/09 @ 5:29 PM EST

Robert,

You are absolutely correct about the public housing. I have no problem helping people who need it, but the way things are, people are rewarded to not work. They have nicer cars than I do... and I actually work to pay for those people.
And if they have money for drugs- they have money to pay for the necessities.
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Sanford Drive

posted 6/26/09 @ 10:37 AM EST

The article didn't mention anything about the Sigma Chi house, which is in the middle of this area, and is brand new. Is it going to hang out in the middle of everything or be forced to relocate as well?
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Sophie

posted 6/26/09 @ 12:03 PM EST

Sigma Chi isn't going anywhere. They have a ground lease that goes for another 100 years.
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CW

posted 6/30/09 @ 8:44 AM EST

Sigma Chi will be staying on their current property for some time, but most certainly not for the duration of the 90 or so years remaining on their lease. This land is far too valuable to the University and, the University will get what they want.

The property from both TEP and Phi Delt will be used to house the new Terry Complex, not just the land that TEP occupied. There is also a lot more going into the redevelopment of this area than simply moving the Fraternity houses and building Terry. The University's master plan has plans for a massive redesigning of the entire quadrant between Hull and Lumpkin from Baxter to Broad. This includes the Special Collections Library. I encourage you to review the University Architect's website for information whenever it does come out. Though, of course the Red and Black couldn't just do an unbelievably simple extra step to for once give a little substance to a story.

While the move is a great thing for the fraternities, it is also forcing all of them to leave behind a great deal of history and tradition at the University. One of the chapters, Phi Delta Theta, has been at the University since 1871 and was the first house to occupy the land at the corner of Baxter and Lumpkin since 1950. Phi Delt reportedly sold the land at the corner to the neighbooring fraternities to pay for construction costs of the home, which in turn provided the land for TEP and Sigma Chi to begin their histories at the corner.

I'm excited to see Greek Park actually come to fruition after years of just talking about it.
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David Schwetty

posted 7/01/09 @ 4:26 PM EST

Where is Amy Kissane now? What a See You Next Tuesday.
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