Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Smokestack

The MSC smokestack is coming down.

I'm really sad that it's going to be torn down, because for me it was one of my favorite sights on MSU's campus. I always loved staring at the "MSC" whenever I walked on campus or drove by. It's one of the iconic images of MSU's campus that I have.

That said, I did "vote" and leave feedback on what MSU should do with the smokestack and they went with the option I chose- tear it down and save the bricks. In my mind I could not justify the repair and maintenance costs needed. The fact that they are saving the white bricks to create a commemoration of the smokestack is reasonable. Gone, but not forgotten. Let's put the money we're saving to better use.

~Mikey D

2 comments:

Kevin said...

I don't have any strong feelings about the smokestack one way or the other. So I suppose I'm also in favor of tearing it down since it will be cheaper.

I'm dubious that the saved money will be put to better use though...

Mikey D said...

One can hope =)