As a former Cal Poly SLO student, I fondly remember the old Science Building 52 North. It was kind of old and funky, but it had a certain charm. I wish I had thought to get some pictures of it…
Cal Poly just knocked it down to make room for a new Center for Science and Math. They have web cams, photo galleries and other good information there. The construction site is known as “Area 52” which has a really cute web site with more photos and videos. You can follow area52CalPoly on Twitter to get up to date construction info. Videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/AldenCalPoly.
I took some photos as I walked around…
This map shows pretty clearly the old building that was removed.
I walked to the top of Fisher Science and snapped some photos.
Not much left but a pile of rubble.
From the ground, peeking over the fence.
This is one of the "Area 52" signs seen on the fences.
Here's an aerial photo from https://area52.calpoly.edu
This is what it'll look like some day.
Half of it is still there..
Hmm. I suppose. I think map geeks used to call the part that is gone “52 North” versus 52 which is still there. They were 2 separate buildings. The construction map I referenced map shows this. Current maps like at https://maps.calpoly.edu have already been updated and just show a hole where 52 North used to be.