Union Street housing

The new housing complex on Union Street, probably not still under construction, provides living space for 132 upper-class students. "It will consist of a series of traditional-style houses divided into well-furnished, modern, quadruple-occupancy apartments. There will be a total of 30 quadruple-occupancy apartments, and 3 single-sign-up quadruple apartments."[1]

Three houses are designated as "quiet houses". All houses are non-smoking.

The houses were expected to be mostly finished by the start of the fall 2005 semester. They were mostly finished: in early September 2005, Molly Tyson sent a letter to all Union Street housing residents regarding the readiness of the houses.

[edit] Opinions

Ugly...they look like plastic cookie-cutter timeshares in beachside properties. But I haven't been inside one yet. —alxndr 21:45, 30 May 2006 (EDT)

[edit] External Links

• ResLife's page on the housing complex, with site plans and concept photos
• "The rocky road to Union Street", in the Oberlin Review (9 Sep 2005)
• LiveJournal post about readiness of the housing spaces (7 Sep 2005)
• LiveJournal post asking about progress & furnishings (11 Aug 2005)
• "New dorms behind schedule", in the Oberlin Review (11 March 2005)
• LiveJournal post with a brief summary of the planned housing (3 March 2005)