Administration Building - South Bend

I reveiwed the South Bend Community School Corporation 2004 to 2007 "Facility
Plan" this evening. I had to print it out at work because I could not open it
on my home PC.

The plan calls for cutting the building in half from Main Street back about
2/3rds the length of the building. As I reviewed the document I though why
don't they just buy some land and build a new building and leave the
Administration Building alone? But we did that. The Studebaker folks. Kind
of ironic that we are building a new building while the South Bend Community
School Corporation tears up a significant building that could have been used to
house the vehicle collection. The original historical vehicle collection was
housed in the Administration Building when Studebaker was still in South Bend.


I am disgusted by the current plan. I hope it does not happen and that there
is something that can be done to save the Administration Building. It would be
a great school of automotive design faclity. Anything would be better than a
storage and loading dock station with a big chunk cut out of the building.


1928 Dictator
1958 Golden hawk
1960 Lark VI
1963 Avanti R2
1963 Cruiser
1964 Wagonaire
1964 Cruiser
1964 Comander 2dr
1964 Avanti R4
1977 Avanti II
1982 Avanti II

I just read in the South Bend Tribune that the trustees of the school
district have approved the Facility Plan on a 6-1 vote. There was one
member who voted against the plan, and she specifically cited the
destruction of the former Studebaker administration building as one of the
reasons that she voted against the plan. The article is here:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2004/12/16/local.20041216-sbt-LOCL-B2-Blacketor_blasts_sch.sto" target="_blank">http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2004/12/16/local.20041216-sbt-...L-B2-Bl</a>

It sounds like the administration building is destined to be destroyed. Is
it possible to visit the building, or is it generally closed to the public?
Maybe during the May swap meet I'll see if I can get in there.

Tim

'62 Hawk
'64 Commander

"Michael - Roseland FLA" <mkf356 DeleteThis @cs.com> wrote in message
news:20041208201924.11419.00001702@mb-m29.news.cs.com...
 > I reveiwed the South Bend Community School Corporation 2004 to 2007
"Facility
 > Plan" this evening. I had to print it out at work because I could not
open it
 > on my home PC.
 >
 > The plan calls for cutting the building in half from Main Street back
about
 > 2/3rds the length of the building. As I reviewed the document I though why
 > don't they just buy some land and build a new building and leave the
 > Administration Building alone? But we did that. The Studebaker folks.
Kind
 > of ironic that we are building a new building while the South Bend
Community
 > School Corporation tears up a significant building that could have been
used to
 > house the vehicle collection. The original historical vehicle collection
was
 > housed in the Administration Building when Studebaker was still in South
Bend.
 >
 >
 > I am disgusted by the current plan. I hope it does not happen and that
there
 > is something that can be done to save the Administration Building. It
would be
 > a great school of automotive design faclity. Anything would be better
than a
 > storage and loading dock station with a big chunk cut out of the building.
 >
 >
 > 1928 Dictator
 > 1958 Golden hawk
 > 1960 Lark VI
 > 1963 Avanti R2
 > 1963 Cruiser
 > 1964 Wagonaire
 > 1964 Cruiser
 > 1964 Comander 2dr
 > 1964 Avanti R4
 > 1977 Avanti II
 > 1982 Avanti II
 >
 >
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