[1684] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
[Mit-talk] Re: [Sponge-talk] dollar bill mural
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dheera Venkatraman)
Tue Dec 13 23:06:19 2005
From: Dheera Venkatraman <dheera@mit.edu>
To: Dmitry Kashlev <mkashlev@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <439F616D.5010001@mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:05:41 +0000
cc: "C. Kiersten Pollard" <pollardk@mit.edu>
cc: mit-talk@mit.edu
cc: sponge-talk@mit.edu
cc: Milo <milo@mit.edu>
Errors-To: mit-talk-bounces@mit.edu
yeah ok, even better, i don't think anyone's gonna be sleeping in there
with a nice huge glass panel. leaving the dollar bill is especially a
good idea in this case.
way to go, old architects, for trying to design "better" social places
again. notice how anything social with student input is a success and
anything that was designed to be social by some old people without
student input has rarely been a success.
-dheera
On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 19:03 -0500, Dmitry Kashlev wrote:
> the lounge will NOT be used for studying. On teh contrary it is designed
> as a place to sleep in, get some rest, and to socialize.
>
> ~Dmitry
>
> C. Kiersten Pollard wrote:
>
> > HOLA!
> > I like that mural too! I think that a new student lounge would be
> > cooler if that wall was left the way it is. Plus it's hard to study
> > with people passing by and looking at you:P
> > ADOIS!~Kiersten~
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Milo wrote:
> >
> >> Hey Sponge-talk. I'm trying to get input on the dollar bill mural. I
> >> was suggested to send e-mail here. Please get to me if you have
> >> something to say!! Here's what I already said.. and please keep me
> >> cc'd on any discussion since I'm not on spongetalk. Thanks!
> >>
> >> _________________
> >> Have you seen that guy camped out near lobby 10 taking pics of the
> >> dollar bill lately? Well, I over heard him talking, and he's doing it
> >> because the mural is being taken down. This is more than likely part
> >> of that student lounge space they want to create there.
> >>
> >> Personally I would hate to see that mural go. It's part of MIT and
> >> Hacking History. Anyone know how long it's been there? The idea is to
> >> replace it with a glass wall so that you can be like a little hamster
> >> in a cage for people to look at when they walk by the lounge....
> >>
> >> IF you care please let me know, I want peoples opinions. Maybe I can
> >> talk to some admins and find out what the deal is with it, but I'm
> >> won't if I'm the only person thinking this way.
> >>
> >> Thanks everyone.
> >>
> >> ~milo
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