Mon
May 14 2007
08:35 am
By: Mark Siegel
This may be old news. It's new to me.
UT is going to demolish the urban forest area south of Kingston Pike/Cumberland, between Alcoa Highway and Neyland Drive for a new sorority village.
What really gripes me is that UT literally demolished an entire neighborhood for this project 2 years ago, tearing down 10 houses in the Terrace-Lake Avenue area.
Then they decide to build it in the forest area instead.
Way to go, guys. Great planning.
Really. We should all be proud.
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Yeah, we heard about it when
Yeah, we heard about it when we were trying to keep the Faculty Club at the corner of Kingston Pike and Neyland. Apparently that location for the Faculty Club is too far from campus whereas right across the street is not so far for the sorority village.
UT has changed a lot over the years. They don't take care of their buildings, planning has all but disappeared, and students appear to be an irritant.
Besides the fact of chopping
Besides the fact of chopping down the woods, it's always seemed incongruous to me that the university continues to sanction, nourish and encourage these 19th Century-style organizations that are rigidly segregated by race, religion and creed.
Those were some beautiful
Those were some beautiful houses they tore down, too.
Mark, thanks for posting
Mark, thanks for posting about the urban forest to be demolished at Neyland Drive and Kingston Pike.
I have only recently become aware of this situation.
I am participating in organizing the new Earth Scouts
group here in Tennessee for my 8 year old,who is very concerned about this piece of property. It seems appropriate to inquire if this is preventable.
Does anyone have the who, what, when information.
Peg Loflin
Because the sisters never drink
Doesn't seem like a very safe place to stumble home to. It's an island between 4 lane roads. I wonder what fabulous pictures Redflex will have to analyze around last call as the bleary eyed people on 4 wheels and the bipedal bleary eyed try to navigate the same intersections.
Perhaps the track should move to the forest and the runners could make their way down the Greenways trail then the sororities could be built near frat row to create a synergy for Greek events. Granted, they'd still have to stumble across a 4 lane road...
(in this sealed envelop, I have printed out the "Greek doesn't mean drink" defensive response from the readers who, due to hangovers, skipped their English 101 classes when satire was discussed...)
The new location will be on
The new location will be on the fringe of campus. I think of that as potentially less safe than something within the central campus area close to well lit and busy areas convenient to dorms.
I feel that the university would support this type of organization any more than any other student group is something they should reconsider. Treat everyone the same. To dedicate a significant area of university real estate to such a restrictive group does not seem right. Maybe instead of a sorority area a large womens center that caters to broader female population on campus, including sororities. Maybe as a large expansion/wing of the student center.
Someone baited me in a punny way!
"Maybe instead of a sorority area a large womens center that caters to broader female population on campus"
Because fat chicks need a place to hang out too!
'large womens center' -- 'broader female' -- 'sorority stereo type' -- That pitch was too beautiful to not swing at!
how much caffeine have you had today djuggler
OMG! Everyone should redirect their anger at flippant remarks to pity for the clown's wife. Perhaps there is too much old lead paint in our house.
can't see the forest for the fescue
Please don't call that patch of mowed and chemically treated lawn with a few crabapple trees an urban forest. Even the topography is not natural.
Nope, it's not an urban
Nope, it's not an urban forest. But it IS greenspace and I hate to see it go. UT seems to have a love affair with destroying greenspace and historic houses.
It's happening, KNS front
It's happening, KNS front page :(.
As I said before, Apparently that location for the Faculty Club is too far from campus whereas right across the street is not so far for the sorority village.
21 acres, 14 building, 600 parking spaces, 482 residents, 50 year lease, $45 million.
“The girls are excited about it,” said Hornstra. “We’re excited about it. Can’t wait to see the first shovel turn.”
Boy, I can't wait either -
Boy, I can't wait either - to see one of the few remaining green space w/ trees in that area denuded.
It seems to me to be a lousy place for 600??? cars anyway. The traffic there can be horrendous, and dumping all those cars onto Neyland Drive sounds downright dangerous.
And no pedestrian access? Geez, will UT EVER learn???
I am really unfamiliar with
I am really unfamiliar with the UT area. What area are we talking about here when people say UT urban forest?
It is the wooded piece of
It is the wooded piece of land on the north side of the Buck Karns (Alcoa Highway) Bridge, between Kingston Pike, Neyland Drive and the interstate ramp that leads to the bridge.
It is in the area where
It is in the area where section 1 and section 5 join on this map. Across street from Visitors Center
(link...)
Not sure I would call it an
Not sure I would call it an "urban forest", but it is green space.