Sure it did. The tall
building is the Mech. Bldg, the one on the
right is the Chem. Bldg. the one on the left is the library and
the
one on the right in the foreground is Fischer Hall. College Ave.
still ran through campus I believe but ended on the south at
the new US41. When I first arrived at Tech in 1969 US 41 was
College Ave.
The bypass was being built but was not finished.
Tom Permoda
1973
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The road did go right thru the "now" campus!! I went to Tech
from 1974-1979 and the picture is correct!
Sally (Renn) Pendleton
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The street in the picture was actually between the library and Fisher
Hall. College avenue was already closed when this picture was taken. The
street in the picture was used for parking and was a dead end.
Cheryl (Isaacson) DeCovich
Class of '71
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I believe what you see in this picture is meter parking only and it
stopped at Fisher and the library. I attended starting in 1978
and was
at Women in Engineering in 1976. College Avenue did not pass
through
campus then. Thanks for the newsletter, I enjoy it.
Jennifer Kilgore '83
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In the mid 1970's it did not snake through, however the road did go north
between the Library and Fisher, then head east
Geoff Weller
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College Avenue still went through the campus when I left in January ’79.
Sometime after that it was rerouted. It passed in front of Wadsworth Hall
and proceeded west to the south of the library and what was the student
center before curving to the northwest by the administration building.
Hope this helps!
Jim Heim
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Dennis,
On the "Fill in the Blanks from the mid 1970s, I did attend
da Tech at
that time. What you see is not College Avenue, but parking
outside of
the Memorial Union. The tallest building on the left is the
MEEM
building, and the somewhat tall building next to it is the
Chem-Met
building. In the foreground on the left is the Memorial Student
Union
Building and the mostly glass three story building on the right
is
Fisher Hall.
The Student Union and Fisher Hall did directly face College Avenue, but
this almost looks like a view of that area, possibly from just
across
College Avenue, but not actually displaying College Avenue.
If I had to
guess, I would say that the picture was taken just down the
road from
Wadsworth Hall and the Delta Sig frat house. From the angle,
it seems
like it might have been just down the street from that, perhaps
a block
or so closer to town.
Brian Masinick
1979 Computer Science MTU grad
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When I arrived on campus the fall of 1971, College avenue had already
been moved away from mid-campus. Segments of the road still existed and
were used for parking. The road you see in the picture went between the
Library and Fisher Hall, turned to go on the north side of Fisher (the
old College avenue) and then turned to connect back to the new College
avenue. I had an office on the second floor of Fisher facing north during
the mid-70s and got to watch them rip out the road and replace it with
sidewalks.
Ken Williams
class of '75 & '85
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Dennis,
I started at Tech in the fall of 1975 and College Avenue did not
go through the campus, nor did it appear that the change had been
recent.
To the best of my recollection the ME-EM building was built
in the early
70s. This picture is probably from the '72-'73 time frame if
I had to
guess.
Keep up the good work.
Richard B. Singer
MTU Class of '79
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Townsend Drive was built in about 1968 and parts of old College Ave remained
in use for parking, as it does today at the Admin Bldg, until some landscaping
did take place. Mid 1970's?????
John Sullivan
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