Good bye to the old Clinical Faculty Office Building… It’s being demolished as part of the constant University Hospital expansion. I was only ever in the building twice, ‘way back during my tenure as a student employee and semi-professional computer geek. The impression I took away from the place was awkwardness. It was built in the late 1930’s, in the days before ergonomics or handicap accessibility. Getting a cartload of computers from floor to floor was an adventure, especially since the only elevator was the little dumbwaiter.
There are more demolition pictures in the extended entry…
I’m pretty sure that the guy with the hose is there to keep the dust down…
This gizmo was the most impressive bit of equipment on the site. It looked like a mechanical Tyrannosaurus was literally chewing the building apart… The water from the hoses looked like drool.
The north side of the building was still intact when I took these pictures. You could see some of the old paneling around the windows and the walls were covered with doomed ivy.
It’s been raining on and off all day, usually whenever I need to walk somewhere. It made for a very nice grim sky behind the ragged corner of the building…