I love old buildings. I graduated from Massillon Washington High School...the old one that was built in 1910 and torn down several years ago. I had history class in the same room where football legend Paul Brown taught. When I got my Bachelors Degree at BGSU, I played pickup games of hoops in the old Eppler gym that still has a walking track above the court like in the old school gyms.
At Toledo, the Memorial Field House was built in 1931 and this past Thursday, a dedication or Grand Re-Opening was held in front of the building. It used to be home to the university basketball teams and many big names came through the doors. Being old and needing modernization, the university put money into it to make it a very open and inviting place for learning. Plenty of natural light from skylights and up-to-date looking conference and classrooms make this a great place to go.
So, long story short, for my love of old buildings, I have to give my "Winners of the Week" to the planners and designers who saved this old building from the wrecking ball and kept Memorial Field House as something useful.
OH, and as part of this Grand Re-Opening, the university served free hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and drinks to everybody who came. I waited in line about 15 minutes for my freebies.
Loser of the Week
NBA player Josh Howard runs away with the title this week after cellphone video surfaced of him criticizing the national anthem and saying that he's "black" and he doesn't support that *&%$. I will not embed the video on this blog to be replayed. You can do a YouTube search for Josh Howard anthem and see it for yourself. There are a couple of other things wrong with the video besides Howard's anti-American rant. First, whoever the idiot is walking around as the anthem is being sung, there's no reason to be getting cellphone video and bothering othes as the anthem is going on. Second, the repeated use of the "n-word" is deplorable. There is no justifying it. I don't care who says it. And everytime it is said, I think even less of the person who said it.
3 comments:
How wonderful that they decided to modernize and save the Field House instead of tearing it down. Too often it happens that some beautiful old building is razed when it could have been repaired and remained useful.
Sometime, I'll get pics of the inside and post them.
I'll look forward to seeing them, Struke! Have a great weekend!
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