May 25, 2006
Got ideas about ‘the wall’? Students want to hear them
The wall that separates the campus from 15th Avenue NE is the subject of a forum to be held from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight in Gould Hall. Organized by undergraduate students from the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, the Business School and more, the forum will bring together members of the UW community along with those from the U District and beyond.
The students have been communicating with faculty and administration within the campus and with U-District neighborhood leaders for more than a year — working on conceptual designs based on what they’ve learned. The event will be an opportunity for anyone interested to voice an opinion about the wall and to discuss the relationship that the University has with the community at large.
The project is called “Project 15/41,” which refers to the intersection of NE 41st Street and 15th Avenue NE, just north of the Henry Art Gallery. It has been a collaboration of students from various backgrounds. This event is the next step in a planning process that will take the feedback and opinions to develop a neighborhood and campus-wide list of criteria that should be considered in a final design.
Anyone interested in the project should contact Joey Trefethen, joeyt@u.washington.edu or project1541@u.washington.edu.
