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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: April 15, 2014, 8:07 am
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Continuing on to Target Growth. 3000 more students, and 3300
more beds. Also great. But lets get in students that care
about contributing to the community. There's something like Paw
Points or some loyalty program where you can get access to
tickets by showing up to games. Lets give access to the coveted
buildings to those who demonstrate a commitment to the U rather
than just going to class and graduation.
With that many more students- and with that many more on campus-
we have to get more participation in athletic events and social
events. We ran some #s above on this thread. That right there
is enough students (on top of the already existing ones) to
create the atmosphere we want. We just need it to be the right
type of student.
Combine new buildings with open spaces and create quadrangles
and paths- wonderful, this is the right idea ive been talking
about.
The administration has done so, so, so well over the last 10
years. But its not immune to bad decisions. For example, for a
very long time, the "symbol" of SBU, on the cover of its
brochures, and right when you enter campus, was a broken down
old rusty yellow swing. Anyone know what im talking about?
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: April 15, 2014, 8:12 am
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Ok this is HUGE but the plan on page 8 (right side) looks like
it includes new dormitories west of LaValle- dangerously close
to the Bench, the Stadium, the Arena, the north Academic Mall,
etc. I havent heard of this plan but i like it. My guess is
that they will remove part of the old stadium lot (where the
factories are) and build 7 buildings and a dining hall. Just
have to worry about these kids getting on the train and going
home...
But also, why not then build a strip mall there? Perfect spot
for a college town...
Weve mentioned before, but a few more dormitories are planned to
fit south of Irving College and north of Wang. Again, SBU...
this is your chance to follow and not lead.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: April 15, 2014, 8:13 am
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Page 9 has the master plan on one map. Get this- it has the
Union slated for renovations! I hope that renovation involves a
wrecking ball...
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: ecasadoSBU Date: April 15, 2014, 9:21 am
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The whole plan since I attended Stony Brook revolves around the
idea that residence halls need to be balanced around the
academic center of the University. Basically what we have right
now is a south side of campus with residences and a north side
of campus with residences. I don't think its a bad idea that
they try to put residences near the arena on the northwest end
to balance things out but it might hurt the growth of the
athletics department in the future and students may dislike
being immediately next to the service facilities of the campus
which are directly to the south of the future residence halls.
The good part of this plan is that it leaves the area where I
want a future union completely untouched (maybe will be used as
parking which is not too bad). So it leaves that remote
possibility for a new Union in that location :). It also seems
like they want to renovate the current Union. That's fine I
guess... they can use it as a Union for now and later on use it
for something else if they want to avoid demolishing it. It
seems like Stony Brook is not too fond of demolishing old
structures, they prefer renovating them and using the money
saved to build another facility.
Also, I like the fact the school is putting effort to unite the
campus as one. The division of the University into an East
campus and West Campus does very little to unite the University.
It should only be one campus and all formal documents of the
University should avoiding splitting into two like they
currently do. Perhaps expand the current tunnel under Nichols Rd
and increase the interactions between both sides
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: April 15, 2014, 1:57 pm
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one of the good designs back when the campus was planned was
that we generally do have an inner circle of academic buildings
(except Roth) and the dorms on the outside. Crazy Eddie your
plan again was to put the Union where ESS is? I think that
works because its at the end of the mall and also equidistant
from dormitories.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Seawolf97 Date: April 15, 2014, 7:41 pm
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Hopefully one of our governors of the future will make bold
choice and officially declare a SUNY University the Flagship
of the system. Right now we have this quasi arrangement with
us and UB kind of in limbo since Rockefeller.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 18, 2014, 8:14 pm
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in the new SBU Magazine, there is a column entitled "Flashback"
that has this photo of the old Oyster Bay campus:
HTML http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/oysterbay.jpg
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: sbugold Date: May 19, 2014, 3:09 pm
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Looks like some of the things to make the SBU surrounding area
continue to be discussed. It will be interesting to see some of
the ideas. My wife and I will be attending this evening, so
I'll let you all know if I hear any good ideas:
THREE VILLAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
Join Us Tonight!
Monday, May 19th, 6pm
at the Bates House, 1 Bates Road (off Main Street), Setauket.
Conceptual Plans for Route 25A
SBU Student Presentations, Round Two.
Fourteen students in Stony Brook University's environmental
planning, policy and design program will present strategic
visions for the area around the Stony Brook LIRR station based
on studies of existing conditions of the Route 25A corridor
completed last semester.
The students will propose a set of short-term and long-term
investments and policies that could help increase the economic
vitality of the 25A corridor, provide desired public amenities
and address environmental sustainability. Four student groups
will present their conceptual plans, followed by a discussion of
the proposed strategies.
The students presented their "existing conditions" studies of
this location in December 2013 to local residents. There was
much enthusiasm about continuing these studies and the
discussions the student presentations inspired. The attention
given continues to foster actions to make improvements in
significant ways - evidence the proposed sidewalks and lowered
speed limit for Nicolls Road!
Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served.
Donovan Finn is an urban planner and lecturer in the
Sustainability Studies Program at Stony Brook University. The
course is "Theories and Design of Urban Settlements."
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 19, 2014, 3:11 pm
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thanks gold- will be very happy to hear comments from the mtg...
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: sbugold Date: May 20, 2014, 9:25 am
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[quote author=Chairman of the Board
link=topic=249.msg10882#msg10882 date=1400530285]
thanks gold- will be very happy to hear comments from the mtg...
[/quote]
First, I should note that the presentations were made by four
teams of undergrads as one of the assignments in Prof. Finn's
class. So, they did not represent in-depth studies with
detailed plans re: how to overcome community, legal and funding
barriers. Rather, they each presented their visions/ideas for
the future, and specifically focused on the areas adjacent to
and across from the Stony Brook train station.
That said, many of the ideas were interesting and led to some
lively discussion. Most centered attention on the following,
dividing the ideas up into short, mid and long-range categories;
--upgrade of commercial area on North side of 25A, including
reconfiguring of structures and rear parking in lieu of current
disastrous distributed parking nightmare.
--creation of open spaces (perhaps negotiating with Stony Brook
School) to obtain some land space
--slowing of auto traffic and easing of pedestrian movement
through installation of medians, walkways, etc.
--expansion of train station for more utility, expanded seating
areas, weather protection for waiting passengers and potential
for modern transit hub to better accommodate parking, buses and
taxis
--general beautification (e.g. walkways, plantings, etc.) and
sustainability modifications (e.g. solar provisions, rain water
use, etc.)
As I indicated, none of this is ready for submittal to anyone.
But, it's nice to know the conversation is in motion somewhere.
I think Prof. Finn may be a good resource for anyone wanting to
pursue some specifics to move forward in the future.
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