Plus many of the MSV buildings are very eco friendly. I've visited one out in the country that's totally off the grid, everything run by solar power. There's a little grouping of home just north of campus called Eco Village. I've also heard that some of homes have hot water radiator heat IN THE FLOORS! Now that'll keep the feet toasty during the long Iowa winters.
About the Carnegie building on campus: I think it made Fairfield the first town west of the Mississippi to have 2 Carnegie libraries. As for eye sores, IMHO, the pods definitely fell into that category and I'm glad they're gone. But of course, remembered with fondness (-: ________________________________ From: Alex Stanley <j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:01 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: What has Replaced It --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > Here is a building disguised as a space ship or perhaps it is a large, > perfectly formed breast. Maybe in hard times it will house soybeans or > corn. I am not sure if the surrounding fence is to keep people in or > people out. > > > This building is not sure if it wants to represent some sort of Colonial > facade or a pagoda. What the hell, it can be both! > > > A tree-lined drive leading to the Fairfield Correctional Facility - no > wait! This is the Ayurvedic Center. > > > Are we in Greece? Are we in India? Did three architects combine plans > for this one? And the white picket fence just takes me back to small > town America. No wait! I think we're in Vegas, where you can look out > from on top of the Eiffel Tower across the street to Bellagio Italy and > see the Chrysler Building kitty corner to that! > > > > Now if this doesn't get your aesthetic sensibilities salivating I don't > know what will. I mean, these could double as "Hampton Inns". The only > thing missing is the "No Vacancy" sign and the semis in the parking lot. > > > I had a good time, I hope you all did too! > When they built the domes, they didn't waterproof the foundations, and when the heavy rains hit in the summer of 1993, the basement of the mens dome filled with mold to the extent that my breathing would halt as soon as I stepped in the door. So, I'd take a big breath, walk in, take off my shoes, and get upstairs as quickly as possible. The air upstairs in the dome wasn't as bad as the basement, but I'd get a headache from being in there. The only reason I was even in the dome is because Petra wanted me to go, and that summer was my breaking point. Thus ended my toil with the TMSP. As for the chapel, when I went to MIU, that was where meditators had to meditate. It was cold, drafty, and moldy, and the wooden pews were very uncomfortable. I have no fond memories of that place, and I was perfectly content with it being torn down. I'm not fond of the masculine, angular architecture of most MSV buildings in FF, but if they're solidly built, well insulated, with good HVAC and no mold, I'd take that, regardless of aesthetics, over some nasty, poorly built or old and dilapidated, mold-filled piece of crap.
