Historic Monument Falls To the Wrecking Ball

We are the mute witnesses to the destruction of a hallowed campus hall once singled out for special mention by University of Minnesota President Robert H. Bruininks when he referred to it as "the ugliest building in the English-speaking world." (Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 8, 2005)

In Happier Times

In Not QUITE Such Happy Times - Do we feel a subtle foreboding?

In the Worst of Times

January 27th

January 29th

January 30th	February 3rd, 2009

February 4th, 2009	February 5th, 2009

Ugly it was, but a lot of folks have fond memories of the place. Wendy Williamson has written about the 35 years it was home to the Economics Research Center. It was a snug home for the Center for Teaching and Learning until 2008. From River Road, it was a rather lovely wall, more ivy-covered than most of the walls on campus.

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