THE NEW issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education, dated March 25, includes a lengthy and intriguing feature titled “My Favorite Building.” As the title indicates, prominent university educators around the country were asked to name the structure on campus they most admire.
…I think a case could made that one building on the UW-Madison campus, soon to be visited by the wrecking ball, bulldozers, and thousands of voices shouting “good riddance” in unison, is the worst building in the history of American universities.