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Middleton & Lockett to be torn down under newly proposed master plan

Posted on 1/28/17 at 10:31 am
Posted by Skooter
Member since Jun 2008
2253 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 10:31 am
Per The Advocate
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The 59-year-old Middleton Library that sits in the middle of The Quad at LSU would be demolished under plans presented Friday to the LSU Board of Supervisors.

About 2 million square feet would be replaced with the removal of several building on campus and the construction of others. Lockett Hall, which was built in the 1970s and is home for many math classes, is another slated to be torn down if the Board approves the final Master Plan, which will be presented, along with a timeline and budget over the summer.






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Posted by philly444
stuck in contraflow
Member since Nov 2008
11383 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 10:33 am to
My god campus is going to be a clusterfrick
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
33555 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 10:34 am to
Thank God Coates won't get the wrecking ball ...would hate to see the David Pollack jokes end.....
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
24459 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 10:36 am to
for us old times, those buildings were nice when we sat on our asses, skipping classes and checking out chicks in the Quad.
Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
9627 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 10:36 am to
Needed to be done
Posted by T
Member since Jan 2004
9889 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 10:37 am to
Wasn't the demolition of those two buildings part of Mark Emmert's master plan 17 years ago? It's one thing to talk about it, its another to actually do it.
Posted by alumni95
Member since Jun 2004
7587 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 10:43 am to
IIRC from early photos I've seen posted, the original design of "The Quad" was actually a cross.

And the monstrosity of an eyesore, that is called Middleton, was plopped right in the middle of the cross bar.
This post was edited on 1/28/17 at 10:44 am
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
112370 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 11:27 am to
Glad I just graduated. That sounds like a traffic/construction nightmare


The construction of the new engineering building was bad enough
Posted by oauron
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2011
14513 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 11:41 am to
About time. Those buildings have needed to be redone over a decade ago.
Posted by RoaringTiger33
Member since Jun 2011
567 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 11:51 am to
This is how a dumbass/democrat runs a university. "We have no money omg!" "Let's tear crap down and build new stuff with the money we don't have!" Pathetic.
Posted by Maniac979
The Great State of Texas
Member since Jan 2012
1904 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 12:09 pm to
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Try the correct board, Dilbert
Posted by tigerbait2010
PNW
Member since May 2006
29330 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 12:10 pm to
This news has made my year already
Posted by Random LSU Hero
2014 NFL Survivor Champion (17-0)
Member since Aug 2011
9440 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 12:19 pm to
The Middleton glory holes were the beginning of the end
Posted by Cs
Member since Aug 2008
10481 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 12:24 pm to
I'm assuming this is the area they're looking at to house the new library -


Posted by DVinBR
Member since Jan 2013
13037 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 1:06 pm to
There HAS to be a library somewhere on campus though to handle the thousands of students that study there simultaneously during finals
Posted by otowntiger
O-Town
Member since Jan 2004
15656 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 1:11 pm to
Won't be a minute too soon. That monstrosity has been ruining the quad from its very inception.
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Osaka
Member since Nov 2003
3295 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 1:20 pm to
They should tear both down and build a multi-story, multi-function building (with the new library inside) where Lockett is similar to the Miller Learning Center at UGA.
Posted by TN Bhoy
San Antonio, TX
Member since Apr 2010
60589 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 4:24 pm to
Good. That abomination (edit: Middleton) should never have been built there to begin with.
This post was edited on 1/28/17 at 4:25 pm
Posted by Big EZ Tiger
Member since Jul 2010
24279 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 5:37 pm to
Those desks on the 3rd floor of Middleton should be saved though - the ones with the partitions had some hilarious stuff written on them. I'd laugh my arse off reading the stuff people wrote on them.
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
Member since Sep 2010
13283 posts
Posted on 1/28/17 at 5:41 pm to
quote:

final Master Plan

Apparently LSU is run by Bond villains.
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