{"id":1170,"date":"2011-02-24T09:39:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T17:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2011-02-24T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T21:36:00","slug":"cal-poly-slos-old-science-building-52-north-is-no-more-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/?p=1170","title":{"rendered":"Cal Poly, SLO&#8217;s Old Science Building 52 North is No More, RIP."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a former Cal Poly SLO student, I fondly remember the old Science Building 52 North.\u00a0 It was kind of old and funky, but it had a certain charm.\u00a0 I wish I had thought to get some pictures of it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Cal Poly just knocked it down to make room for a new <a href=\"https:\/\/cosam.calpoly.edu\/html\/center_sci_math.html\">Center for Science and Math<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 They have web cams, photo galleries and other good information there.\u00a0 The construction site is known as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/area52calpoly.com\/\">Area 52<\/a>&#8221; which has a really cute web site with more photos and videos.\u00a0 You can follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/area52CalPoly\">area52CalPoly on Twitter<\/a> to get up to date construction info.\u00a0 Videos at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AldenCalPoly\"> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AldenCalPoly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/area52calpoly.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1172\" title=\"Area52_Logo_Horizontal_Color-300x134\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Area52_Logo_Horizontal_Color-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"Area52_Logo_Horizontal_Color-300x134\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took some photos as I walked around&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1180\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Ctr4Sci_Construction-_Map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1180\" title=\"Ctr4Sci_Construction _Map\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Ctr4Sci_Construction-_Map-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"This map shows pretty clearly the old building that was removed.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This map shows pretty clearly the old building that was removed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1186\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00236.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1186\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1186\" title=\"IMG00236\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00236-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"I walked to the top of Fisher Science and snapped some photos.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I walked to the top of Fisher Science and snapped some photos.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1181\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1181\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1181\" title=\"IMG00231\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00231-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Not much left but a pile of rubble.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not much left but a pile of rubble.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1185\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00235.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1185\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1185\" title=\"IMG00235\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00235-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"From the ground, peeking over the fence.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the ground, peeking over the fence.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1184\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00234.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1184\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1184\" title=\"IMG00234\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00234-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"This is one of the &quot;Area 52&quot; signs seen on the fences.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is one of the &quot;Area 52&quot; signs seen on the fences.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1207\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Aerial52_Feb20111.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1207\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1207\" title=\"Aerial52_Feb20111\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Aerial52_Feb20111-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Here's an aerial photo from https:\/\/area52.calpoly.edu\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#39;s an aerial photo from https:\/\/area52.calpoly.edu<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1187\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1187\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1187\" title=\"IMG00237\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG00237-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"This is what it'll look like some day.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what it&#39;ll look like some day.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a former Cal Poly SLO student, I fondly remember the old Science Building 52 North.\u00a0 It was kind of old and funky, but it had a certain charm.\u00a0 I wish I had thought to get some pictures of it&#8230;&hellip; 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