Construction on the new Brookside Apartments across from the Ryan Center has really come along. It appears that the entire shell of the two building complex is now up. Was struck by the size, mass, and length of it when walking to the game yesterday from the north lot. The 500 bed complex will feature apartment suites of six and four single-occupancy bedrooms. Each suite will be furnished and has a full kitchen and two bathrooms. It is set to open in Fall 2019 which is also the target date for the new engineering facility.
A nice side feature of this project will be cleanup of this area and addition of paths and bridges along the brook which will provide better access to the athletics area from Garrahy and Wiley. The South County Bike Path spur will actually go along it and end at Flagg Road.
Fantastic project. Very proud of the University for its recent strides in development and restoration of the on-site ecology as well as the architecture.
Looks great -- I still feel bad for any student living in the complex. I lived in Hopkins 2003-2004 and it was so dumpy then. Can only imagine what it looks like (and smells like?) 15 years later.
Taylor Swift wrote: ↑5 years ago
Looks great -- I still feel bad for any student living in the complex. I lived in Hopkins 2003-2004 and it was so dumpy then. Can only imagine what it looks like (and smells like?) 15 years later.
Ha, I was there 2002-03, and saw Heathman as a wonderful and desirable upgrade for my sophomore year.
Taylor Swift wrote: ↑5 years ago
Looks great -- I still feel bad for any student living in the complex. I lived in Hopkins 2003-2004 and it was so dumpy then. Can only imagine what it looks like (and smells like?) 15 years later.
Ha, I was there 2002-03, and saw Heathman as a wonderful and desirable upgrade for my sophomore year.
That was my freshman year and I lived in The Butt. I will never forget being woken up to the smell of nasty onions (that smelled like BO) they were cooking in the dining hall every morning to make hashbrowns. Also, still have a memory of getting french toast one morning that tasted like dish soap. Nothing was better than Hope or ROJO's wok and/or pasta at the time. Seems like the food has majorly upgraded since then. Sophomore year I spent all my points getting smoothies at the Ram's Den.
You haven't lived until you've spent a year on the 4th floor of Coddington like I did back in 99-00. So true about the food back then to, I rarely if ever ate at the dining halls other than Hope. I basically lived on Hope chicken wings.
Taylor Swift wrote: ↑5 years ago
Looks great -- I still feel bad for any student living in the complex. I lived in Hopkins 2003-2004 and it was so dumpy then. Can only imagine what it looks like (and smells like?) 15 years later.
Ha, I was there 2002-03, and saw Heathman as a wonderful and desirable upgrade for my sophomore year.
That was my freshman year and I lived in The Butt. I will never forget being woken up to the smell of nasty onions (that smelled like BO) they were cooking in the dining hall every morning to make hashbrowns. Also, still have a memory of getting french toast one morning that tasted like dish soap. Nothing was better than Hope or ROJO's wok and/or pasta at the time. Seems like the food has majorly upgraded since then. Sophomore year I spent all my points getting smoothies at the Ram's Den.
Such "glorious" memories! I actually liked the food at Rojo's and the Butt - the former more than the latter - but I tend to have a very high tolerance level for gross food. Pastabilities was the highlight of those two establishments. I can't imagine living at Butterfield though, since you are just bathing in that scent all day, essentially. I dated a girl in Worcester once who lived next to a Chinese restaurant, and that was a similarly disgusting experience, smell-wise.
SGreenwell wrote: ↑5 years ago
Ha, I was there 2002-03, and saw Heathman as a wonderful and desirable upgrade for my sophomore year.
That was my freshman year and I lived in The Butt. I will never forget being woken up to the smell of nasty onions (that smelled like BO) they were cooking in the dining hall every morning to make hashbrowns. Also, still have a memory of getting french toast one morning that tasted like dish soap. Nothing was better than Hope or ROJO's wok and/or pasta at the time. Seems like the food has majorly upgraded since then. Sophomore year I spent all my points getting smoothies at the Ram's Den.
Such "glorious" memories! I actually liked the food at Rojo's and the Butt - the former more than the latter - but I tend to have a very high tolerance level for gross food. Pastabilities was the highlight of those two establishments. I can't imagine living at Butterfield though, since you are just bathing in that scent all day, essentially. I dated a girl in Worcester once who lived next to a Chinese restaurant, and that was a similarly disgusting experience, smell-wise.
The smell was ALWAYS there. I hated having lunch in The Butt before going to class freshman year because I didn't want to reek sitting in a lecture. From what I remember they had decent mac & cheese there, but a sicko that lived down the hall from me would douce her mac & cheese in ketchup (meaning she put so much ketchup in and mixed it all up so much that it was a pinkish/orange shade). I don't think I've mentally recovered from that yet. By the time I moved down to Scarborough I mostly relied on Bagelz or DD's for food before class. RIP Bagelz!!
I lived on the fourth floor of Burnside 98-99, no foul smells I can remember other than the steam pits around campus, but our room was about 85 degrees every night, so my roommate and I had to keep the windows open and the fan on constantly. So energy efficient!
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That was my freshman year and I lived in The Butt. I will never forget being woken up to the smell of nasty onions (that smelled like BO) they were cooking in the dining hall every morning to make hashbrowns. Also, still have a memory of getting french toast one morning that tasted like dish soap. Nothing was better than Hope or ROJO's wok and/or pasta at the time. Seems like the food has majorly upgraded since then. Sophomore year I spent all my points getting smoothies at the Ram's Den.
Such "glorious" memories! I actually liked the food at Rojo's and the Butt - the former more than the latter - but I tend to have a very high tolerance level for gross food. Pastabilities was the highlight of those two establishments. I can't imagine living at Butterfield though, since you are just bathing in that scent all day, essentially. I dated a girl in Worcester once who lived next to a Chinese restaurant, and that was a similarly disgusting experience, smell-wise.
The smell was ALWAYS there. I hated having lunch in The Butt before going to class freshman year because I didn't want to reek sitting in a lecture. From what I remember they had decent mac & cheese there, but a sicko that lived down the hall from me would douce her mac & cheese in ketchup (meaning she put so much ketchup in and mixed it all up so much that it was a pinkish/orange shade). I don't think I've mentally recovered from that yet. By the time I moved down to Scarborough I mostly relied on Bagelz or DD's for food before class. RIP Bagelz!!
but a sicko that lived down the hall from me would douce her mac & cheese in ketchup (meaning she put so much ketchup in and mixed it all up so much that it was a pinkish/orange shade).
I just threw up in my mouth.
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”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
It was rare that I went to Butterfield...I think in my time (late 80s) they had a deli so if I went there it was a sandwich. Hope was my main one and lived on Hope burgers. If I went to Rojo's I had cereal.
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”I'm not coming there to be in the top 3 of the Atlantic 10. I'm coming to win the damn thing!”
Not getting a dorm on line for the start of the year is a big hit. 500 beds is minimally lost for the entire first semester. Many students that may have wanted to live there will now have to find other arrangements and most of them will likely have to commit to full year options. That means it may be a tough prospect trying to fill the 500 beds of Brookside for the 2nd semester when it is finally ready for occupancy.
RF1 wrote: ↑5 years ago
Not getting a dorm on line for the start of the year is a big hit. 500 beds is minimally lost for the entire first semester. Many students that may have wanted to live there will now have to find other arrangements and most of them will likely have to commit to full year options. That means it may be a tough prospect trying to fill the 500 beds of Brookside for the 2nd semester when it is finally ready for occupancy.
Exactly, and not only that, leases for off campus housing have already been signed for the most part adding to the difficulty.
Taylor Swift wrote: ↑5 years ago
Looks great -- I still feel bad for any student living in the complex. I lived in Hopkins 2003-2004 and it was so dumpy then. Can only imagine what it looks like (and smells like?) 15 years later.
Ha, I was there 2002-03, and saw Heathman as a wonderful and desirable upgrade for my sophomore year.
That was my freshman year and I lived in The Butt. I will never forget being woken up to the smell of nasty onions (that smelled like BO) they were cooking in the dining hall every morning to make hashbrowns. Also, still have a memory of getting french toast one morning that tasted like dish soap. Nothing was better than Hope or ROJO's wok and/or pasta at the time. Seems like the food has majorly upgraded since then. Sophomore year I spent all my points getting smoothies at the Ram's Den.
haha...I spent 2 years living at the end of the 2nd floor in Peck. Was a dump but still somehow endearing. Nasty 30 year old carpet, cold water only, the 1st floor "common" room had half the lights out.
But nothing tops the old Hope for food, and the little hole in the wall convenience store it had. I remember my roommate and I would always talk to the people working there and made friends with them. Which led to getting extra chicken patties and fries every time...and being able to go there at 9 when they closed and get given all the leftover food they were going to throw out. So many times we left there with 15+ burgers or chicken patties.
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Technically supposed to start at 11, but there's video up now
We have also had Dr Dooley and others "Ribbon Cut" for the Engineering Building and for the Bike Path in the Track and Field Building. That's 3 Ribbon Cuttings already this School Year!!
Oh man Hope...I am willing to bet that at least 25% of my body consisted of Hope chicken patties and wings my freshman year. I lived in Coddington, which as far as I can tell hasn't changed a bit since 2000 when I lived there.
EDIT: I just scrolled up and realized I said basically this exact same thing a year ago. Oops!
adam914 wrote: ↑4 years ago
Oh man Hope...I am willing to bet that at least 25% of my body consisted of Hope chicken patties and wings my freshman year. I lived in Coddington, which as far as I can tell hasn't changed a bit since 2000 when I lived there.
EDIT: I just scrolled up and realized I said basically this exact same thing a year ago. Oops!
Haha! It’s all good, Adam! I’m sure I’ve done it too. When I got fries there I HAD to get honey mustard to dip them in.
Brookside looks gorgeous. On the SK Town Facebook Group a lot of residents are hoping that the new 500 bed dorm brings students back to campus and frees up their neighborhoods from rentals. It’s a nice idea, but a lot of seasonal rentals are popping up more in SK since the town doesn’t have the same “orange sticker” ordinance Narragansett has, but now SK is trying something where you can’t have gatherings of more than 5 people. Oof!
I walked along the new bike path extension from W Alumni to Flagg along the brook behind the new dorm after the St Joe's game. There was also a path off it that went to Wiley and Garrahy. Will be nice when all the landscaping takes shape in the spring. The O'Neill South County Bike Path spur now starts at Flagg and follows the brook crossing W Alumni and then continuing on behind the East Meade Stands and out by Keaney to the new Route 138 Crosswalk and eventually continues to the main path.
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RF1 wrote: ↑4 years ago
I walked along the new bike path extension from W Alumni to Fall along the brook behind the new dorm after the St Joe's game. There was also a path off it that went to Wiley and Garrahy. Will be nice when all the landscaping takes shape in the spring. The O'Neill South County Bike Path spur now starts at Flagg and follows the brook crossing W Alumni and then continuing on behind the East Meade Stands and out by Keaney to the new Route 138 Crosswalk and eventually continues to the main path.
I really don't like that they put the path literally right behind the East stands at Meade. It really limits any possible expansion plans to turn Meade into a legitimate CAA level stadium and will they shut down that section of path on game days?
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RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 years ago
I really don't like that they put the path literally right behind the East stands at Meade. It really limits any possible expansion plans to turn Meade into a legitimate CAA level stadium and will they shut down that section of path on game days?
I would think they will have to shut it down game days. Most bikers would probably stay away anyways as there would be far too many people around on foot getting in the way.
As for stadium expansion, i cannot imagine it would be that big a deal to redirect a short stretch of the bike path if needed.
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RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 years ago
I really don't like that they put the path literally right behind the East stands at Meade. It really limits any possible expansion plans to turn Meade into a legitimate CAA level stadium and will they shut down that section of path on game days?
I would think they will have to shut it down game days. Most bikers would probably stay away anyways as there were be far too many people around.
As for stadium expansion, i cannot imagine it would be that big a deal to redirect a short stretch of the bike path if needed.
I would hope not, but if it's not a big deal to redirect it why not just orient it right in the first place?
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RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 years ago
I really don't like that they put the path literally right behind the East stands at Meade. It really limits any possible expansion plans to turn Meade into a legitimate CAA level stadium and will they shut down that section of path on game days?
I would think they will have to shut it down game days. Most bikers would probably stay away anyways as there were be far too many people around.
As for stadium expansion, i cannot imagine it would be that big a deal to redirect a short stretch of the bike path if needed.
I would hope not, but if it's not a big deal to redirect it why not just orient it right in the first place?
Because it was the cheapest and quickest to build route.
I myself do a lot of biking and I am not all that worked up about it. URI probably has about 5-6 football games a year at Meade. With lights now in place, some of them will be at night. That makes about 3-4 times a year that this section would be closed when the bike path was open.
As for future stadium plans, I am not holding my breath for that. There has been talk for 2-3 decades. Nothing however has really significantly changed for the east stands and there is no timetable for anything.
RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 years ago
I really don't like that they put the path literally right behind the East stands at Meade. It really limits any possible expansion plans to turn Meade into a legitimate CAA level stadium and will they shut down that section of path on game days?
I would think they will have to shut it down game days. Most bikers would probably stay away anyways as there were be far too many people around.
As for stadium expansion, i cannot imagine it would be that big a deal to redirect a short stretch of the bike path if needed.
I would hope not, but if it's not a big deal to redirect it why not just orient it right in the first place?
Right now, it is right, unless you see the stadium footprint expanding within the next 5 years. And if you do...great, we need dreamers like that.
I finally did the new URI South County Bike Path extension on Sunday. Given what I encountered, I have now changed my opinion on its route going through the fenced in Meade Stadium area. I parked near Flagg Road behind the new Brookside Dorm and Dining Services Distribution Center getting onto the trail at its beginning. I got as far West Alumni Ave at the northern end of the Meade grounds. The gates at either end of the bike trail through Meade were locked forcing me to detour around it. I don't know if this is just for the virus, summer , or what. I had expected that this section would only be closed on the 5-6 home football games each year. What good is this if you cannot even use it during such a dead time with nearly no one on campus?
Was surprised by all the turns in this new extension. Had not realized it went along the 3nd base line of Beck crossing Rte 138 right by the New Fernwood Cemetery which it then skirts the borders of. Goes through a lot of open flat farmland before it meets the main trail not all that far from Ministerial Road behind Kingston's Camp. By my estimate, this new segment was about 2 miles in length.
RF1 wrote: ↑3 years ago
I finally did the new URI South County Bike Path extension on Sunday. Given what I encountered, I have now changed my opinion on its route going through the fenced in Meade Stadium area. I parked near Flagg Road behind the new Brookside Dorm and Dining Services Distribution Center getting onto the trail at its beginning. I got as far West Alumni Ave at the northern end of the Meade grounds. The gates at either end of the bike trail through Meade were locked forcing me to detour around it. I don't know if this is just for the virus, summer , or what. I had expected that this section would only be closed on the 5-6 home football games each year. What good is this if you cannot even use it during such a dead time with nearly no one on campus?
Was surprised by all the turns in this new extension. Had not realized it went along the 3nd base line of Beck crossing Rte 138 right by the New Fernwood Cemetery which it then skirts the borders of. Goes through a lot of open flat farmland before it meets the main trail not all that far from Ministerial Road behind Kingston's Camp. By my estimate, this new segment was about 2 miles in length.
I’ve never seen the gates open. Makes little sense to me.
Clearly, there's a miscommunication between the university grounds department and the state. Technically, there would have to be a fence extended along the bike path to close off the football facilities from the public while the stadium/field is closed, but still allow bikers/walkers through. A new fence would also reduce the size of the walk-able space within Meade Stadium where food vendors set up. Interesting situation.
My guess is that this is a short term situation. I can’t imagine this would be the final design.
Maybe there is a plan to modify/replace the stands whereby the fence would be relocated leaving the bike path unrestricted 100% of the time.
Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑3 years ago
Clearly, there's a miscommunication between the university grounds department and the state. Technically, there would have to be a fence extended along the bike path to close off the football facilities from the public while the stadium/field is closed, but still allow bikers/walkers through. A new fence would also reduce the size of the walk-able space within Meade Stadium where food vendors set up. Interesting situation. Cluster.
So I've heard a rumor of a new dorm going up in the Brookside area that would essentially be its twin. Here's a Good 5 Cent Cigar article that talks about the housing crunch this year:
We had a nearly 800 student waiting list for housing, so even another 500 person bed facility would only dent the demand we're currently seeing.
Frankie Minor, director of Housing and Residential Life "said that URI has tentative plans for new dorms and buildings in the long term to alleviate stress and overcrowding."
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“There were multiple forms of alternative housing offered to students on the waitlist,” Minor said. “Including the option to board at sorority and fraternity houses looking to rent available beds. Some rooms were available at the [International Engineering Program house] and tenant houses, as well as reserved rooms available for students at the Holiday Inn located in South Kingston.”
Wow! Can you imagine living in Ye Olde Holiday Inn and driving in from the Tower every day??
“There were multiple forms of alternative housing offered to students on the waitlist,” Minor said. “Including the option to board at sorority and fraternity houses looking to rent available beds. Some rooms were available at the [International Engineering Program house] and tenant houses, as well as reserved rooms available for students at the Holiday Inn located in South Kingston.”
Wow! Can you imagine living in Ye Olde Holiday Inn and driving in from the Tower every day??
Can you imagine if we had our own hotel in addition to more dorm rooms?
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Been a couple years since I've seen campus, but - Isn't there sufficient land to put a hotel almost anywhere? Whether on Plains Road, or the wooded area of Flagg. At least according to Google Maps, walking from the base of West Alumni Avenue to Old North Road is only 1.2 miles, but a campus hotel could also have its own (small) shuttle service.
Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑1 year ago
Curious where the new dorm would be located. Maybe they demo some of those sophomore dorms on upper college?
I would imagine where the parking lot is now next to Brookside. The only two lots that would work on Upper College Road would be the empty lot on the corner of Upper College and Flagg on side of the Fine Arts Center and the University Club area, but I'd imagine they'd want to keep any new dorm in generally the same area as other dorms
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RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑1 year ago
So I've heard a rumor of a new dorm going up in the Brookside area that would essentially be its twin. Here's a Good 5 Cent Cigar article that talks about the housing crunch this year:
We had a nearly 800 student waiting list for housing, so even another 500 person bed facility would only dent the demand we're currently seeing.
Frankie Minor, director of Housing and Residential Life "said that URI has tentative plans for new dorms and buildings in the long term to alleviate stress and overcrowding."
An article in today (or yesterdays) Providence Journal about the Narragansett 3 person limit housing situation. As someone who lived down the line in Narragansett, I take offense (not really) to the current URI's student senate president characterization of that time. I get she is using a well reasoned debate argument to strengthen her current argument, but not sure impugning the URI graduates of the 90's is anyway helpful here. It is the last paragraph in the article.
Looks like it is behind a paywall, I thought they might let people read one or two articles free but not the case. Based on that, I will give you the last two paragraphs.
Grace Kiernan, a senior and president of URI’s Student Senate, just wants everyone to get along. Her rent has gone up about $75 a month this fall even though she is living with more roommates.
“The URI of 2022 is not the URI of the 1990s,” she said. “It was like Animal House back then. Now you have kids coming here to really study. We have a renowned engineering program. Our pharmacy program is one of the best in the Northeast. I chose URI because it offers a great education.”
RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑1 year ago
So I've heard a rumor of a new dorm going up in the Brookside area that would essentially be its twin. Here's a Good 5 Cent Cigar article that talks about the housing crunch this year:
We had a nearly 800 student waiting list for housing, so even another 500 person bed facility would only dent the demand we're currently seeing.
Frankie Minor, director of Housing and Residential Life "said that URI has tentative plans for new dorms and buildings in the long term to alleviate stress and overcrowding."
An article in today (or yesterdays) Providence Journal about the Narragansett 3 person limit housing situation. As someone who lived down the line in Narragansett, I take offense (not really) to the current URI's student senate president characterization of that time. I get she is using a well reasoned debate argument to strengthen her current argument, but not sure impugning the URI graduates of the 90's is anyway helpful here. It is the last paragraph in the article.
Looks like it is behind a paywall, I thought they might let people read one or two articles free but not the case. Based on that, I will give you the last two paragraphs.
Grace Kiernan, a senior and president of URI’s Student Senate, just wants everyone to get along. Her rent has gone up about $75 a month this fall even though she is living with more roommates.
“The URI of 2022 is not the URI of the 1990s,” she said. “It was like Animal House back then. Now you have kids coming here to really study. We have a renowned engineering program. Our pharmacy program is one of the best in the Northeast. I chose URI because it offers a great education.”
2 people on my street stopped renting to URI students because of the yearly damage.
