Here's a nice little tour of the new Spec Towns track facility

[dncdawg]

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[JC-DAWG83]

Is it on campus? I thought it was out Milledge Ave.

Either way, it looks really nice.

[dncdawg]

Is it on campus?  I thought it was out Milledge Ave.

Either way, it looks really nice.

It is out on Milledge, that athletic annex area, I think adjacent to the soccer and softball complex.

I think that land was donated by a woman in her will in the 90s when I was in school.  As I recall, she stipulated that there couldn't be any major vertical construction.  That was something that they published in the Red & Black.  I'm sure they weren't 100% privy to all of the deed restrictions, or maybe they've assembled other plots out there over the years, but within a few years, the first thing they did was move the old west endzone bleachers out there for the soccer complex.  Their vertical construction just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

[JC-DAWG83]

Is it on campus?  I thought it was out Milledge Ave.

Either way, it looks really nice.

It is out on Milledge, that athletic annex area, I think adjacent to the soccer and softball complex.

I think that land was donated by a woman in her will in the 90s when I was in school.  As I recall, she stipulated that there couldn't be any major vertical construction.  That was something that they published in the Red & Black.  I'm sure they weren't 100% privy to all of the deed restrictions, or maybe they've assembled other plots out there over the years, but within a few years, the first thing they did was move the old west endzone bleachers out there for the soccer complex.  Their vertical construction just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Maybe it is a height restriction limiting how tall a structure can be.  The softball stadium is vertical but not towering, appears to be the case with the track and field facility too.

I remember years ago hearing about how the football stadium at UNC could not be built taller than the pine trees around it and that was why the stadium was relatively small.

[dncdawg]

Is it on campus?  I thought it was out Milledge Ave.

Either way, it looks really nice.

It is out on Milledge, that athletic annex area, I think adjacent to the soccer and softball complex.

I think that land was donated by a woman in her will in the 90s when I was in school.  As I recall, she stipulated that there couldn't be any major vertical construction.  That was something that they published in the Red & Black.  I'm sure they weren't 100% privy to all of the deed restrictions, or maybe they've assembled other plots out there over the years, but within a few years, the first thing they did was move the old west endzone bleachers out there for the soccer complex.  Their vertical construction just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Maybe it is a height restriction limiting how tall a structure can be.  The softball stadium is vertical but not towering, appears to be the case with the track and field facility too.

I remember years ago hearing about how the football stadium at UNC could not be built taller than the pine trees around it and that was why the stadium was relatively small.

That's probably it.  I also just looked at the facilities on the map, and they are definitely different plots.  The new track is on the opposite side of Millege, so I don't know if all of that land was included in the donation.  Harkens back to the lore about the main library that my college roommate who was a campus tour guide told me.  He said that the condition on the donation of funds for the library required columns all the way around the building, so it mirrored the parthenon in Athens Greece.  The problem was, the ol' gal that donated the money didn't donate enough to do that, so only the 4 main columns in the middle are real, the rest are just panels stuck to the fascade of the building, so they wheeled her out into the north quad to check it out, but kept her far enough away that her old eyes couldn't tell the difference.

[JC-DAWG83]

Is it on campus?  I thought it was out Milledge Ave.

Either way, it looks really nice.

It is out on Milledge, that athletic annex area, I think adjacent to the soccer and softball complex.

I think that land was donated by a woman in her will in the 90s when I was in school.  As I recall, she stipulated that there couldn't be any major vertical construction.  That was something that they published in the Red & Black.  I'm sure they weren't 100% privy to all of the deed restrictions, or maybe they've assembled other plots out there over the years, but within a few years, the first thing they did was move the old west endzone bleachers out there for the soccer complex.  Their vertical construction just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Maybe it is a height restriction limiting how tall a structure can be.  The softball stadium is vertical but not towering, appears to be the case with the track and field facility too.

I remember years ago hearing about how the football stadium at UNC could not be built taller than the pine trees around it and that was why the stadium was relatively small.

That's probably it.  I also just looked at the facilities on the map, and they are definitely different plots.  The new track is on the opposite side of Millege, so I don't know if all of that land was included in the donation.  Harkens back to the lore about the main library that my college roommate who was a campus tour guide told me.  He said that the condition on the donation of funds for the library required columns all the way around the building, so it mirrored the parthenon in Athens Greece.  The problem was, the ol' gal that donated the money didn't donate enough to do that, so only the 4 main columns in the middle are real, the rest are just panels stuck to the fascade of the building, so they wheeled her out into the north quad to check it out, but kept her far enough away that her old eyes couldn't tell the difference.

I remember hearing the library story at orientation.  They also told a story about the president's office being called the library annex because the old lady stipulated that all of her furniture had to be used in the library.  Since there was no need for antique furniture in the library, the president's office was filled with her furniture and called the library annex.

I wondered then, and now, if those stories are true.

[dncdawg]

Is it on campus?  I thought it was out Milledge Ave.

Either way, it looks really nice.

It is out on Milledge, that athletic annex area, I think adjacent to the soccer and softball complex.

I think that land was donated by a woman in her will in the 90s when I was in school.  As I recall, she stipulated that there couldn't be any major vertical construction.  That was something that they published in the Red & Black.  I'm sure they weren't 100% privy to all of the deed restrictions, or maybe they've assembled other plots out there over the years, but within a few years, the first thing they did was move the old west endzone bleachers out there for the soccer complex.  Their vertical construction just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Maybe it is a height restriction limiting how tall a structure can be.  The softball stadium is vertical but not towering, appears to be the case with the track and field facility too.

I remember years ago hearing about how the football stadium at UNC could not be built taller than the pine trees around it and that was why the stadium was relatively small.

That's probably it.  I also just looked at the facilities on the map, and they are definitely different plots.  The new track is on the opposite side of Millege, so I don't know if all of that land was included in the donation.  Harkens back to the lore about the main library that my college roommate who was a campus tour guide told me.  He said that the condition on the donation of funds for the library required columns all the way around the building, so it mirrored the parthenon in Athens Greece.  The problem was, the ol' gal that donated the money didn't donate enough to do that, so only the 4 main columns in the middle are real, the rest are just panels stuck to the fascade of the building, so they wheeled her out into the north quad to check it out, but kept her far enough away that her old eyes couldn't tell the difference.

I remember hearing the library story at orientation.  They also told a story about the president's office being called the library annex because the old lady stipulated that all of her furniture had to be used in the library.  Since there was no need for antique furniture in the library, the president's office was filled with her furniture and called the library annex.

I wondered then, and now, if those stories are true.

Definitely sounds embelished.  It seems like poor marketing, if you're showing a young freshman the campus who might one day be so successful that he or she wants to put their name on a building one day.  If the university is willing to deceive your wishes, why would you do it?

[viper2369]

From X

So will they be taking down the existing Track area and expanding football operations?

[ugafan49]

Thanks, Right ON!

[dncdawg]

From X

So will they be taking down the existing Track area and expanding football operations?

Already started demo on the old track.  Grandstands are gone.  The whole site will be regraded and turned into two full length football fields.