Anonymous wrote:That's not a proposed dorm. It was already built. Called South Campus Residential Commons usually, but formal name is Renee Granville-Grossman. A very nice dorm.

Ah, okay, LOL! I guess I’ve never seen South! I thought PP just had the arrow pointing the wrong direction because I knew North had been built (and knew there was another big dorm complex in the development queue).

New dorm hasn’t kept DD on campus for 3rd year. (And about half her house in North left after 1st year for off campus apartments.). More space for less money. That said, they expanded last year’s entering class and ended up running out of dorm rooms (upperclassman got offered apartments in a new building off campus).

Anonymous wrote:The egg shaped building with the glass room is actually a library, not a dorm. Mansueto library! There's a tradition to try to climb to the top without getting caught.

I love UChicago. What a beautiful place tucked away in a major metro area

The book request and retrieval system at the Mansueto library is quite unique

The egg shaped building with the glass room is actually a library, not a dorm. Mansueto library! There's a tradition to try to climb to the top without getting caught.

I love UChicago. What a beautiful place tucked away in a major metro area

Yes they are undergraduate. Some of it has been replacement of old dorms but I think the new buildings also were intended to accommodate the growth they've had. Traditionally the upper classmen would move into Hyde Park which has nice, affordable housing. The new dorms are so nice though that movement is not happening as much. Thus leading to more building. The goal is to have all the kids prefer to stay on campus although I'm not at all sure that's realistic. It's not that big a campus but some of the apartments in Hyde Park are as close as the dorms and they're also convenient to food and public transportation.

Anonymous wrote:Are these really undergrad dorms? Has Chicago grown the College a lot in the last five years or have they just torn down old dorms?

Here is a short video of the North Commons that opened in 2016

Anonymous wrote:Are these really undergrad dorms? Has Chicago grown the College a lot in the last five years or have they just torn down old dorms?

Yes. They have grown the College and have torn down old dorms and constructed new ones. The last one opened in 2016 with approx. 800 beds. With the addition of the 1,300 bed new mega dorm set to open in 2020, they will increase on campus housing capacity by roughly 40%.

Are these really undergrad dorms? Has Chicago grown the College a lot in the last five years or have they just torn down old dorms?

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Anonymous wrote:I've been to both campuses and if done back-to-back Brown's campus seems shabby, sort of second-class. What are the most recent major projects built or renovated at Brown? Can't be much. Night and day to all the eight and nine figures construction in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Yeah, okay, but I’m paying for this stuff for the next 4 years & it’s going to kill me.

Try not to think about it. All these schools elite schools end up costing about the same for the full payers. You'll be happy about the small classes.

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Anonymous wrote:^ pending project at UofC, another new nine-figure dorm complex

Is this real? That's an undergrad dorm??

That one is proposed. This one is already built:

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/news/2016/09-Sept/North-Studio-Gang/Jeanne-Gang-University-of-Chicago-Dorm-01-Featured.jpg

My kid has lived in it both years. Ground floor retail includes: Cafe (Dollop — a small local chain), Boba tea place, Insomnia Cookies, and a good Neapolitan pizza place.

I will say that Chicago leaves Hopkins in the dust in this regard. Hopkins has freshman on campus housing only. And pretty crappy freshman housing at that - a lot of the units don’t have A/C and it’s Baltimore. After freshman year most of the kids move off campus to crime ridden areas to fend for themselves which did not impress me at all as a parent.

Anonymous wrote:I've been to both campuses and if done back-to-back Brown's campus seems shabby, sort of second-class. What are the most recent major projects built or renovated at Brown? Can't be much. Night and day to all the eight and nine figures construction in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Yeah, okay, but I’m paying for this stuff for the next 4 years & it’s going to kill me.

Yes, housing is very nice (new, newish or well-maintained) and ranges from classic to modern architecture. The campus is immaculate. Food is good too although kids still go off campus because anything gets old and well, it's Chicago. In just the last year, plentiful student friendly food options have opened up within Hyde Park and parts of South side. It's not the grim place any more that alumni remember.

That's not a proposed dorm. It was already built. Called South Campus Residential Commons usually, but formal name is Renee Granville-Grossman. A very nice dorm.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ pending project at UofC, another new nine-figure dorm complex

Is this real? That's an undergrad dorm??

That one is proposed. This one is already built:

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/news/2016/09-Sept/North-Studio-Gang/Jeanne-Gang-University-of-Chicago-Dorm-01-Featured.jpg

My kid has lived in it both years. Ground floor retail includes: Cafe (Dollop — a small local chain), Boba tea place, Insomnia Cookies, and a good Neapolitan pizza place.

Actually that's actually South Dorm. Already built
The link you included is North Dorm also built.

They are proposing a new dorm to open in 2020

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Anonymous wrote:^ pending project at UofC, another new nine-figure dorm complex

Is this real? That's an undergrad dorm??

That one is proposed. This one is already built:

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/news/2016/09-Sept/North-Studio-Gang/Jeanne-Gang-University-of-Chicago-Dorm-01-Featured.jpg

My kid has lived in it both years. Ground floor retail includes: Cafe (Dollop — a small local chain), Boba tea place, Insomnia Cookies, and a good Neapolitan pizza place.

Pretty much no town can compare to Chicago's architecture ...