http://www.news.appstate.edu/2014/05/28/winkler-hall/

Kind of surprised they're taking it down in this fashion, but it's cool nonetheless.

Had many great nights in that Hall! Couple of bad mornings as well. Stained about two floors of bricks on the side of that sucker.

hummmmm. Doing it on a Sunday morning?
Bad things might happen on whatever they put in it's place!

AppGrad1 wrote:hummmmm. Doing it on a Sunday morning?
Bad things might happen on whatever they put in it's place!

Hail satan

Gonzo wrote:

AppGrad1 wrote:hummmmm. Doing it on a Sunday morning?
Bad things might happen on whatever they put in it's place!

Hail satan

Blew laws are a thing of the past.

AppinVA wrote:

Gonzo wrote:

AppGrad1 wrote:hummmmm. Doing it on a Sunday morning?
Bad things might happen on whatever they put in it's place!

Hail satan

Blew laws are a thing of the past.

I see what you did there

OK. I tried to warn ya.
We'll revisit this thread in the future and I'll tell ya "I told ya so".

You've been partying all Sat. night at the rock,8am Sun.morning,4th floor Gardner dorm...BOOM...you look out the window,MAN that's some party...Maybe put up some banner saying goodbye to the SOCON

Lived there for two years. Hate to see it go. Good memories....

My hot girl friend lived there 1st year it was open. I kept begging & she finally married me.

Look at all that rubble,bricks,concrete,steel rebar,old condoms and Playboys

Couple of videos up so far. I'm sure plenty more will follow.

pretty cool watching the implosion, question, what are they going to build in its place?

moehler wrote:pretty cool watching the implosion, question, what are they going to build in its place?

A statue of Jerry Moore

Here's a bit better video with a couple of different angles.

moehler wrote:pretty cool watching the implosion, question, what are they going to build in its place?

Like everything else built in Boone (and every other college town) in the last decade, it will no doubt an overly fancy palace paid for with the student loan money future grads, and dropouts, will still be paying off when they're sixty.

moehler wrote:pretty cool watching the implosion, question, what are they going to build in its place?

Hopefully a parking deck.

A better view.

http://streaming.appstate.edu/winkler

Kgfish wrote:

moehler wrote:pretty cool watching the implosion, question, what are they going to build in its place?

Hopefully a parking deck.

A better view.

http://streaming.appstate.edu/winkler

That's the view I saw this morning. Bout time someone put the clip up.

Kgfish wrote:

moehler wrote:pretty cool watching the implosion, question, what are they going to build in its place?

Hopefully a parking deck.

A better view.

http://streaming.appstate.edu/winkler

The link said the site will be considered for a new residence hall.

Does anyone know the story behind the demolition of Winkler (known as "The Towers" when I lived there my senior year, 74-75)? I know they said it wasn't cost effective to renovate but there have been older dorms remodeled. Just curious.

As a side note - my room is still standing. I lived in the end unit where the opening is on the front side of the building.

The press release showed a 1974 and 2014 picture of Winkler. Of all my trips to Boone since 1975, and there have been many, I never noticed the landscaping change until I looked at each photo up close. When I was in school there was a wall that ran along the edge of the sidewalk. On Friday's we would sit on the wall at the end of the sidewalk, turn up the tunes and drink a few Stroh's. Someone would make a trip to Mountain City and pick up a couple cases because it wasn't sold in NC because of the higher alcoholic content. It appears dirt was brought in and the ground was made level with the sidewalk. Also, due to this change, the steps were completely redone.