Really shouldn’t call it Kam’s if it’s in a brand new building in a completely different location. Definitely gonna be backlash. Just call it something else.
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I dont disagree with you, but they wont let the Kams brand die just like that.
The Kam's thing upsets me probably more than it should but it's synonymous with Illinois and I had a lot of damn good times there.
Oh I’m not saying let it die but Kam’s belongs in the middle of campus, not on the outskirts.
BananaShampoo
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
"Illinois: Letting hallowed traditions die one redevelopment project at a time."
KrushCow31
Former Krush Cow
- Chicago, IL
I graduated 5 years ago and most of the bars I liked are gone already. So is green street. I can't imagine what it's like for someone who graduated longer ago.
Joel Goodson
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This. And that's the only good news about the new location. Well, beside that it won't reek of piss for awhile.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I understand why this was moved from the Hockey thread, but still, the only way this makes any sense is if that area is about to become a hub of student life in the way campustown is currently. This does not look like a development meant to be on an island, which is what it would be currently.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I got there in 2005. A lot of the names of places were different, there was some different stuff, but in terms of physical infrastructure it was not that different from when my Mom was there in the mid-70's, with the big exception of the engineering campus.
By 2025 it's gonna be virtually unrecognizable from that. In a good way, all things considered, but really rapid and dramatic change.
BananaShampoo
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
Not sure I agree with you on the "in a good way". A lot of these high rise buildings kind of killed the look and more historic feel of what used to be Campustown. A lot of them have no real design aesthetic, but were just built for maximum efficiency within the constraints of what zoning would allow to cram as many student apartment units in as possible. The Campustown I knew as a student is essentially almost gone, and it's been just over 16 years for me. It just makes me sad and gives me less reason to go back and visit if I can't go back to my old favorite places.
South Farms
- near Ogden & Rt 83
I graduated in 1983. Campus town is really unrecognizable to me already. over 60% of Green St has changed from say Wright to First , and Sixth St from the creek to Daniels is over 60% changed as well .
Now I know what the 60 year olds meant in 1980 when they said it was unrecognizable to them from 1938!
Now I know what the 60 year olds meant in 1980 when they said it was unrecognizable to them from 1938!
Everything
KrushCow31
Former Krush Cow
- Chicago, IL
Like I said before, I graduated in 2013 and like 40% of campus town is unrecognizable to me. So don't feel bad.
South Farms
- near Ogden & Rt 83
yea, its just too bad that besides Murphys, there wont be a single watering hole left from the early 80's.
I get it that the Locksmith and Jon's Pipe shop and the Florist are victims of changing times, but the Co-Ed theater marquee was iconic, C-U's version of the Bruin Theater in Westwood. Ours is gone, the Bruin lives on. I am all about capitalism and progress, and letting a property owner get the best use for his land.
But it doesn't mean I have to embrace every new building as progress. I really wish the town would restrict residential towers to areas a block off Green and Daniels and Wright.
Im just not quite sure what the overall plan the city of Champaign has for Campustown. Its not obvious to me. Students should live in housing areas , not in the commercial districts. Just my opinion.
I get it that the Locksmith and Jon's Pipe shop and the Florist are victims of changing times, but the Co-Ed theater marquee was iconic, C-U's version of the Bruin Theater in Westwood. Ours is gone, the Bruin lives on. I am all about capitalism and progress, and letting a property owner get the best use for his land.
But it doesn't mean I have to embrace every new building as progress. I really wish the town would restrict residential towers to areas a block off Green and Daniels and Wright.
Im just not quite sure what the overall plan the city of Champaign has for Campustown. Its not obvious to me. Students should live in housing areas , not in the commercial districts. Just my opinion.
Two buddies and I sneaked into House of Chin our senior year in high school. One proceeded to throw up all over the table we were at. We beat a hasty retreat.
On a side note. Got to know Eddie Chin in high school as we both played tennis for our schools. He was a good tennis player and an even better guy.
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
$$$$$
Students don't pay property taxes, but their landlords do. I'm not solid on tax law, but I think high-density residential is more tax beneficial to the city.
South Farms
- near Ogden & Rt 83
Oh, I get that
but even towns as corrupt as Chicago have publicly filed and discussed plans that tend to limit certain types of buildings to certain areas .
You wont see a mega story building , compared to the other buildings in the area , going up in DePaul or UofC neighborhoods , even if there is demand from students to build it.
And I'm not defending Chicago's crooked politics here, Im just saying building 25 story buildings on Green makes no sense to me from an overall standpoint. They belong in downtown Champaign.
Does anyone remember what you actually had to drink at O’Malley’s to Drink the Wall?
South Farms
- near Ogden & Rt 83
I do
I bought my bro this Tshirt for his birthday six weeks ago
https://longlosttees.com/collections/u-i-urbana-champaign
APS iMBA
- Urbana, IL
Brand equity. You don't waste something like that. Although, the most prominent brand association is that the place smells like puke & piss.... Still, its someplace you have to go at least once.
What was above the fryer at The DeLuxe, a moose head or a deer head?
Afraid to say I do. But barely as it changed to Whitr’s end I think when I was a freshman.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Took my youngest to a dog and pony show held by the Speech Language Pathology program for incoming grad students on Saturday. Been at least 32 years. WTF happened? lol Is Murphy's the lone old bar left?
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