University of Dayton Projects

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All from the 9/3/06 DDN:


NCR land sales reshape area development
By John Nolan
Staff Writer
Sunday, September 03, 2006

DAYTON — NCR Corp., long a pillar in Dayton's business community, is making an impact on the region's long-term commercial development by selling off key pieces of real estate from its portfolio, including a prime 49-acre parcel sold last year to the University of Dayton.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2006/09/02/ddn090306ncrland.html

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From the 9/8/06 Flyer News:


Campus South gets a makeover 
Jessica Parker
News Editor

While college students everywhere revolt against the new Facebook facelift, there is a facelift here on campus that will likely bring a positive response from UD students.

Campus South was the recipient of many changes over the past few months, aimed at improving both the condition and the atmosphere of this 37-year-old building. These changes included a new roof, fresh air intake vents (fans that blow fresh air into the building to equalize pressure), painting all hallways and apartments, and repairing holes in the walls
 
http://www.flyernews.com/article.php?section=News&volume=54&issue=3&artnum=01

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From the 9/26/06 Flyer News:


Heritage Center tells history of UD 
Nikki Miller, Jessica Parker
 
The newest renovation to campus will open soon, thanks to a large donation from UD’s National Alumni Association. The Heritage Center will assist in preserving UD’s history over the years.

This new center takes the place of the old campus post office near St. Mary’s and Chaminade Halls. After the $410,000 renovation, the building will be preserved on the exterior and transformed inside.
 
http://www.flyernews.com/article.php?volume=54&issue=7

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From Flyer News, 10/6/06:


UD closer to building on NCR land 
Jennie Szink
Chief Staff Writer

UD is one step closer to building on the newly acquired 50 acres of NCR land after applying to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to grant an urban setting designation.

The urban setting designation is a provision in the Ohio Voluntary Action Program, which is instrumental in brownfield sites and old industrial sites reused for new building. The designation ensures that groundwater on any building site will not be used as drinking water or contaminating other drinking water sources. UD hired an environmental firm, Hull and Associates, that specializes in brownfield projects to help them access the site.
 
http://www.flyernews.com/article.php?section=News&volume=54&issue=9&artnum=01

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From Flyer News, 11/20/06 (Vol 54, No 17):


New Web site provides visual aid, invites feedback on master plan 
Mike Kane
Staff Writer

The future development of the physical UD campus will now be influenced by students, faculty, alumni and Dayton residents that are interested in the continuous progression of the campus master plan.

The addition of a new Web site will allow the Dayton community to offer its input, suggestions and concerns toward the shaping of the layout of the campus.
 
http://www.flyernews.com/article.php?section=News&volume=54&issue=17&artnum=06

[Ronnie]

Posted in the 1/12/07 Dayton Daily News...
New hotel to open in Dayton in February

Dayton Daily News
Friday, January 12, 2007

DAYTON — The city's first new hotel in more than 20 years is set to open in early February.

The Courtyard by Marriott at the University of Dayton, a four-story, 101-room riverfront hotel co-owned by UD, already is taking reservations.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/01/12/ddn011207newhotel.html

[dfly]

The sign says it all....

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From Flyer News, 1/9/07 (V54/N21):


RecPlex celebrates one-year anniversary, director reflects on facility’s success 
Tyler Blue
Staff Writer

People say if it’s too good to be true, it probably is.

Those people must never have stepped foot in UD’s RecPlex.

Just over a year ago, the university opened the new recreational building with much fanfare and great anticipation.
 
http://www.flyernews.com/article.php?section=News&volume=54&issue=21&artnum=06

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From the 1/12/07 DDN:


New hotel in open in Dayton in February
Dayton Daily News
Friday, January 12, 2007

DAYTON — The city's first new hotel in more than 20 years is set to open in early February.

The Courtyard by Marriott at the University of Dayton, a four-story, 101-room riverfront hotel co-owned by UD, already is taking reservations.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/01/12/ddn011207newhotel.html

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From Flyer News, 1/19/07 (V54/N23):


Courtyard by Marriott hotel, co-owned by UD, to open near UD Arena in February 
Charity Smalls
Staff Writer

There’s a new addition to the UD family: the Courtyard by Marriott hotel.

According to a recent press release, the new arrival has 101 rooms, including 13 suites. Most of the rooms have a view of the Great Miami River; all of the rooms have 32-inch flat panel high definition TVs. The Courtyard also provides wireless Internet access in public areas and the two meeting rooms. Guest rooms are equipped with wired Internet access as well.
 
http://www.flyernews.com/article.php?section=News&volume=54&issue=23&artnum=04

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From Flyer News, 2/2/07 (V54/N26):


Master plan development continues, addressing traffic flow, renovations, dining halls  
HaQuyen Pham
Staff Writer

How do you get the best out of 260 acres? UD is one step closer to finding out as another phase in the campus master plan wraps up.

Led by planning and design firm Burt Hill, consultants are nearing the end of the research portion for the master plan and are preparing to create a list of recommendations and alternatives. The process of designing new ways to use and develop UD land, especially the 50 acres acquired in June 2005, began eight months ago.
 
http://www.flyernews.com/article.php?section=News&volume=54&issue=26&artnum=05

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From the 2/9/07 DDN:


New Dayton hotel expected to open next week
Dayton Daily News
Friday, February 09, 2007

DAYTON — The Courtyard by Marriott along Edwin C. Moses Boulevard in Dayton is expected to open next week. Rates are set to begin at $99 per night on the weekends and $159 per night during the week.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/02/09/ddn020907hotel.html

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From the University of Dayton, 2/14/07:


Room at the Inn
The New Courtyard by Marriott at the University of Dayton has opened its doors.

February 14, 2007 - The new Courtyard by Marriott at the University of Dayton, a four-story, 101-room riverfront hotel co-owned by UD, welcomes its first guests this week.

It officially opened on Valentine's Day. 

http://www.udayton.edu/News/Article/?contentId=2241

[dfly]

Citirama at University of Dayton

Renovate 5 existing houses and build 5 new houses. The 5 existing houses are 1511, 1515, 1519 Frericks and the duplex at 238/240 Stonemill. The 5 new houses will be built as a single building in a townhouse manner at 317- 325 Stonemill across from the Marianist Community House.

This is a collaborative project between UD and the Home Builders Association of Dayton and the Miami Valley. The renovated and new construction houses will be showcased in a late summer event tentatively titled "Citirama at University of Dayton". One goal of this event is to showcase the revitalized South Campus neighborhood as well as the new campus Masterplan.

[dfly]

No surprise.  The full report is available here....

Building 26 not eligible for National Register listing

The University of Dayton will not restore Building 26, following a study by ASC Group Inc. that finds the heavily altered building has lost its historical integrity and is ineligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

The decision paves the way for remediation of 11 acres of land fronting the Great Miami River, part of a $2.54 million grant secured through the state's Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund program.

[ColDayMan]

Huh.  Townhomes.  UD.  Huh.

[ink]

From New York Times:

War Over a Building That Helped Win One
 J. Kevin Fitzsimons for The New York Times

By BOB DRIEHAUS
Published: April 1, 2007

DAYTON, Ohio — Plans to demolish an Art Deco building where a top-secret program broke Nazi codes have prompted a battle between preservationists and the University of Dayton, which owns the building and intends to have it razed to make way for a 50-acre campus expansion.

The university agrees that what went on in the building more than half a century ago is the stuff of legend. Its officials would create a memorial nearby to honor that feat. The demolition’s opponents say any memorial would be a poor substitute.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/us/01ohio.html

[UncleRando]

Public hearing on 'codebreaker' building set for Thursday
April 17, 2007 | DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL

DAYTON - Advocates for saving a building that once housed an ultra-secret World War II code-breaking program and now is targeted for demolition, will explain their case for preserving the building Thursday.

Preservation Dayton Inc., The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Debbie Desch Anderson will speak about saving Building 26 at the public hearing slated for 6:30 p.m. at Carillon Historic Park. Officials from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office will moderate.

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Tour Building 26

April 17, 2007 - The University of Dayton will offer the public an opportunity to tour Building 26 at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 19.
   
Those interested should meet in the parking lot behind the building, which is located at the corner of Stewart Street and Patterson Boulevard.  Richard Perales, University campus planning director, will lead the tour.  Participants will be asked to sign a waiver of liability form because the building, which has been mothballed since 2001, is in poor condition.
   
The tour precedes a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. that night at the Kettering Family Education Center at Carillon Park.  Mark J. Epstein, head of the resource protection and review department for the Ohio Historic Preservation Office, will chair the meeting, which is designed to solicit public input about a report by the ASC Group Inc. that finds the building ineligible for the National Register of Historic Places because it has lost its historical integrity.
   
The meeting, which will be led by a professional facilitator, will allow interested members of the public to offer their views.

http://www.udayton.edu/News/Article/?contentId=2326

[dfly]

I went on the tour of Building 26 and the meeting that followed that was conducted by the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.  The building in its current state is certainly nothing special, but then again, no one is arguing that it is.  The real question is the feasibility of removing the three-sided, wrap-around addition that NCR added 30-some years ago that hides the original building.  The meeting was both well attended and well moderated.  It was a standing room only crowd, with about 200 people in attendance.  It lasted about three hours and allowed UD and the preservaton groups the opportunity to give their perspectives and then allowed audience member the opportunity to speak.  About 50 people spoke, nearly all in favor of preserving the original building.  From personal stories about Joe Desch from his daughter and grandson, architectural opinions, numerous preservation experts, veterans, to historians, the group in favor of saving Building 21 really did a good job of presenting their case.  It will certainly be interesting to see what the Ohio Historic Preservation Office comes up with in their report, which should be issued within 30 days.

[ink]

So the inside is completely modernized?

BTW, are your Roosevelt photos online anywhere?

[dfly]

So the inside is completely modernized?

Yes.  There should be more information and pictures at http://www.daytoncodebreakers.org and http://www.building26.com

BTW, are your Roosevelt photos online anywhere?

Yeah, they are here.  I might get around to posting them on here....maybe as a tribute to the building when they actually start tearing it down.

[ink]

^Thanks.

Sorry I asked about Roosevelt. Unbelievable.

[UncleRando]

Preservationists urge UD to save Building 26
April 20, 2007 | DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL

DAYTON - The daughter of former NCR Corp. researcher Joe Desch, whose work helped end World War II, called on the University of Dayton to preserve Building 26, the place where her father and others labored.

"The building is part of the story," said Debbie Anderson, as she addressed a large crowd Thursday night who filled the Kettering Family Education Center at Carillon Park for a three-hour public meeting about the building. Anderson said her father would often point out historic places to her, fostering a love of history. "A place can bring a story to life," she said.

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Preservation office: Building 26 not eligible for historic register
June 1, 2007 | DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL

DAYTON - The Ohio Historic Preservation Office has concluded that Building 26 does not appear to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, but also urged the University of Dayton to consider alternatives to tearing it down.

Preservation office official Mark Epstein issued a 15-page letter to the university dated Thursday that details the office's opinion on the former NCR Corp. building, which once housed codebreaking activities that helped end World War II.

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UD to showcase new $2.5M housing project
June 6, 2007 | DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL

DAYTON - A $2.5 million housing project on the University of Dayton campus will be unveiled this August at Citirama.

The university is partnering with the Home Builders Association of Dayton and the Miami Valley to host this home show event that will feature construction within the city. Citirama is likened to other home builders events, Homearama and Rehabarama.

[KStay2]

Townhomes.. the next phase of crapstreet (aka artstreet).

[dfly]

Townhomes.. the next phase of crapstreet (aka artstreet).

These townhouses really have nothing to do with Artstreet, but are just a continuation of the renovation and replacement of university-owned houses within the student neighborhood (aka The Ghetto).  As in the past, the university has evaluated the houses based on condition, size, etc. to decide if renovation or replacement is the best option.  Over the past few years, the new construction has been mostly duplexes (presumably more cost efficient to build) and some "single-famly" homes.   This time they had several contiguous lots, so they decided to go with townhouses, which allows them to maximize the number of beds on the lots, reduce construction costs, increase energy efficiency, add a little variety to the street, and maintain the students' desire to live in "house-style housing" (which, of course, includes porches).  While maybe not the most architecturally exciting, the new construction has overall been a good balance of what the students want--and it has been often said that it would be much cheaper to tear down the houses and build dormitory, suite, and apartment style housing (and also make it easier to monitor student behavior).  But the student neighborhood is very much a part of the UD experience and provides a great opportunity to put the Marianist value of community into practice.

And about ArtStreet... IMHO, it is a very neat concept, but from a design standpoint, it is an example of design-by-committee.

[KStay2]

Well artstreet happened because Kettering stimulated that for UD to get a big chunk of money, they had to build something like that with arts as the central theme.

[dfly]

Well artstreet happened because Kettering stimulated that for UD to get a big chunk of money, they had to build something like that with arts as the central theme.

Indeed.  UD was awarded a $5 million dollar grant from the Kettering Fund to build a living-learning facility focused on the arts.  I think the building servers a great purpose but my comment was more about the design of the building....particularly how its situated with its back to the street.