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UNC eyes future sans West House
Work continues
on Arts Common
BY MAC MOLLISON
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
What does it take to make an
old building feel young again?
That’s just one of the ques
tions being asked this summer as
progress continues on UNC’s Arts
Common, a makeover plan for the
northwestern area of campus.
The Playmakers Theatre could
get rebuilt stonework, windows
and doors as early as next month,
according to historic preservation
manager Paul Kapp.
That work, along with a change
in color to match Old East, would
bring the now-salmon colored
building back to the way it looked
in the 1920 s— its last period of
historical significance.
Nearby, Gerrard Hall will see a
comprehensive restoration that will
take away its distinction of being
the only building on campus with
no bathroom —but will restore its
true honor with a reconstruction of
its original portico, which was based
on a temple in ancient Athens.
The building’s original archi
tect also designed the administra
tive building at the University of
Mississippi and much of the cam
pus of the University of Alabama.
“You can see its pedigree as part
of a large context of antebellum
college architecture in the South,”
THIS WEEK
Theater festival: Ten by Ten in the
Triangle will present a series of ten
10-minute plays by international
playwrights. Ten actors perform in
combinations for these new plays.
The festival has been praised for its
originality ahd quality of production.
Tickets are $lO at the door.
Time: 8 p.m. Thursday to Satuday
3 p.m. Sunday
Dates: July 20 to July 23
Location: Carrfooro Arts Center, 300
E. Main St.
Art talk: As part of the Ackiand
Art Museum's Artist and photog
rapher Jesse Kalisher will discuss
his new book 'lf You find the
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Have it all - close to campus:
washer and dryer, wifi and sparkling pool!
Kapp said.
Not all the proposed changes
included in the Arts Common plan
wifi bring campus buildings back
to the past —a $25 million addi
tion to the Ackiand Art Museum
has been described by UNC offi
cials as “modernist.”
The cost of the addition is a
reminder that progress rarely
comes without a price.
In addition to that, SIBO mil
lion will be sought on a project
by-project basis over the next
10 to 15 years to complete the
Arts Common plan, said Bruce
Runberg, assistant vice chancellor
for planning and construction.
The $29 million for the first
phase of construction has already
been obtained, and some aspects
of the plan such as a renovation
of Memorial Hall are already
being hailed as a success.
But the price of progress can
not just be measured in dollars
and cents.
Local activists have lobbied to
save West House, a 1935 structure
located near Hanes Art Center
and the future home of a planned
quadrangle modeled on Polk and
McCorkle places. They lost their
final battle last week, when the
Council of State, a group of top
N.C. government officials, voted
to axe the house.
While they are generally highly
optimistic about the Arts Common,
West House proponents recently
expressed additional concerns
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shot in Thailand and the United
States, many of which are local.
Kalisher also will discuss Ackiand
Art Museum's Thai head of Buddha,
which is currently on display in the
Yager Gallery.
Time: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Date: July 23
Location: Ackiand Art Museum
Book tour: For the family workshop
'Looks and Books,' a gallery teacher
will guide children ages 3 to 8 and
their parents on a tour of Ackiand
Art Museum's exhibition 'Books in
Costume," followed by an opportu
nity to work with local artists to illus
trate books in the Kidzu Children's
Museum studio space. To register.
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West House, which sits in the parking lot behind Swain Hall and Hill Hall, is slated to be demolished later this
month to make way for the grassy quandrangle which will serve as the heart of the Arts Common.
about the aesthetics of the Arts
Common.
“I am a little disappointed about
the size of the buildings and how
close they are to the street,” said
Jeffrey Beam, a UNC employee
who spearheaded the West House
movement. “It makes for an urban
campus, which is totally unlike
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
call 933-1455, or sign up at the front
desk of Kidzu.
Cost is $4 per child or $3 for mem
bers of either museum.
Time: 11 a.m.tol2p.m.
Date: July 23
Location: Ackiand Art Museum
Last Friday: Historic downtown
Hillsborough will host Last Friday, a
series featuring musical and dance
performances, activities for families
and crafts vendors. For a list of
events, see www.historichillsbor
ough.org/calendar. The Filmmaker's
Film Series, held in the King Street
Masonic Lodge, will offer a program
of little known works of animation
from 1921 to 1990.
Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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what Carolina once was.”
Runberg countered those
statements.
“What is unique about our cam
pus is the canopy of trees,” he said.
“If you go around and you look
as the buildings around North
Campus, you’ll see some red brick,
a little lighter brick and more tra
Date: July 28
Location: Event locations vaty
throughout downtown Hillsborough.
Performance: The Justice Theater
Project will present a workshop per
formance of “StilL.Life," a look at
both sides of the death penalty issue.
For more information, visit www.
thejusticetheaterproject.org.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Date: July 31
Location: Bingham Hall
Prayer group: The Chapel of
the Cross' centering prayer group
will meet in the parish house. The
group focuses on a contemporary
form of an ancient practice of
silent contemplative prayer and is
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ditional style, but it’s all blended
by the trees. That’s what we would
hope to accomplish with the Arts
Common as we 11.... I think really
it’s going to maintain the character
of North Campus.”
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
open to new members. For more
information, contact the Rev. David
Frazelle, associate for parish minis
try, at dfrazelle@thechapelofthecr
oss.org.
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Date: Aug. 2
Location: The Chapel of the Cross,
304 E. Franklin St.
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through www.dailytarheei.com when
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publication Aug. 23.