Demolition schedule!

The campus was informed of the demolition schedule via e-mail a few days ago. Starting today, the Railroad Avenue houses and the College Street houses will begin to come down. After the houses are down, James Center will be demolished. Altogether, the demolitions should take about six weeks. Kaufman Hall is now occupied by the former James Center residents, although some minor construction is still taking place at Kaufman. There is still a lot of work to do on the Louther Street entrance and the parking lot, and the energy plant on the same site as Kaufman is still under construction.

My wife and I dug up some great peonies from the yard of one of the College Street houses (with permission, of course!). It will take them about three years to flower after transplanting but these are the great old-fashioned kind with the wonderful smell so it will be worth it.

As a side note, the last house on the south side of Louther (422/424 West Louther Street) came down yesterday, soon to be replaced by a beach volleyball court. Perhaps Carlisle will become a stop on the professional volleyball tour!