I live within short biking distance of the Fitz-Phillips Mahal construction site and ride-by to sate my curiosity as weather permits. It's been rainy regularly (every 2 days or so) as of late which suspends construction activity that requires lifting heavy items into place so little has really happened in that regard over the last 2-3 weeks. That said, it appears that the local weather is gonna cooperate with several days without precip. The on-site cam shows that the trucks arriving on-site today in the foreground seem to have delivered long-length steel I-beams, which means more internal skeletal work is imminent. I gotta say personally that ther athletic complex' blueprints are mind blowing but to see what's happening in person is downright I-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E. Most assuredly, once completed, The Fitz-Phillips Mahal will become a game changer in the lives and time management profiles of all athletes of all sports at NU - especially regarding athletic support activity (read: highly accessible practice facilities, weight training, physical therapy venues and the like). And as for recruiting, its impact will be, to quote Turk, "Off The Chain." If I ever won a portion of a high-value powerball lottery, I'd opt to donate funds for an on-campus basketball venue so that increased game attendance support by students & faculty in the winter would become the norm in overall campus activity, rather than those interpid folks trudging the obligatory mile-plus in sub-zero weather to watch games. I'm simply delighted that this long-needed improvement is happening in my lifetime (which was a athletic dept. promise to me and my teammates during our recruitment in the eartly 70's).
