‘Snow Blown’
courtesy of ‘Tyrannous’
The residence hall at 2034 G Street on the GW campus is set to be demolished in order to make some room for a new parking garage/law school building. I am deeply saddened by this news. I spent an entire year of my graduate career studying this 3-story gem, selecting this building for my thesis because it was the only low-rise dormitory left on the entire campus, and most scholarly research suggests that high-rise, mall-like dorms can negatively impact a student’s physical and emotional well-being. Although the residence hall had its problems, it needed to be renovated and made accessible, I am disappointed to see that GW has decided to take away the students only alternative on-campus living option.
That was a residence hall? I don’t remember kids living there when I was at GW 15 years ago.
I currently work for and go to school at GW, and there are many on-campus (if “on campus” means “at Foggy Bottom”) dorms. Ivory Tower and JKO are two popular ones. Maybe I’m confused about what constitutes a “dorm” or “residence hall”, but many students do live on campus here.
P – The building was a condemned fraternity house then later retrofitted into a dormitory. Hope that helps.
A – I agree with you, there are a multitude of on-campus living options at GW Foggy Bottom; however, for the purpose of this story I was referencing 2034 G Street as an ‘alternative’ on-campus living option since it is/was the only dormitory not considered to be a high-rise.
This is sad news. Maryland did this to my old dorm a few years back and it saddened me as well.