The “mud lot” at the
College's northwest corner will soon be a memory.
Plans are under way to pave and line the Nott-Seward lot, long a source of aggravation
and muddy shoes. The upgrade is part of the project area for the Union Schenectady
Initiative in the Seward-West neighborhood.
Plans also call for sidewalks, parking islands, new lighting and emergency phones,
according to David Grzybowski, director of facilities services. The lot will hold about
200 cars, he said.
Work will be done this summer, with completion by the fall.
Modernization of the former Guest House at 1294 Lenox Rd. begins soon to prepare it for
use as a 16-bed theme house this fall.
Among other projects, restoration of Abbe Hall (the former Parker-Rice building) at
Lenox Road and Union Avenue is to start in late spring. Within a year, Abbe Hall will be
the home of College Relations. Renovation of the new home for Admissions (the current AD
Phi house) is to start July 1, with targeted completion by June 2000. Work on the
now-vacant Fero House (which will be the new home for AD Phi) is to start April 1, with
completion by this fall. Among renovations will be a new dining and kitchen area. (Alumni
Affairs, most recently in Fero, has moved to 27 Terrace Lane.)
Two tennis courts will be added next to Lamont House. Courts to the south of the
Schaffer Library reading area will be returned to “green space.”