The administration confirmed they have finally approved the full restoration project for the Arts building. It has been an exhausting road to get here but we are finally getting the long term repairs this building deserves. I will be keeping a close eye on the construction crews to ensure they …
March 29, 2017
Final supporters
We, the occupants and users of the Arts building at UC Riverside are dissatisfied with the current condition of the building. It is in disrepair in several key areas. The facade on the south facing side is crumbling, falling apart and has terrible mismatched patch jobs. The planter on the main floor has been empty for many years due to leaks and has never been properly addressed. For some time it had a plywood cover which was a temporary patch that eventually warped, looked terrible and was removed. There are sandbags strewn around the grounds for months, if not years without any suggestion that they will be removed. There are now evidently rats and other vermin in the building. This presents potential health hazards. The ground in several areas is deteriorating badly. This great building, designed by the late Frank Israel, is now an eyesore. The building is an embarrassment to the public face of the university and its hard working occupants. In addition to the deterioration, there is an ongoing neglect to keep the grounds clean and tidy. The outdoor hallways are often filthy. Windows are dirty. Dust builds up in many areas. We do not notice other buildings on campus showing this egregious degree of neglect. We are asking for a clear plan of action by the administration to repair our building in a lasting and intelligent fashion (not patch jobs and bandaids), and for a plan for more rigorous upkeep. We are requesting that these issues be addressed and remedied by no later than June 1st, 2017.
Sincerely,
UC Riverside Arts Building Occupants and Users.
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Reached 250 supporters
February 11, 2017
February 11, 2017
The emails I receive from you all about the state of our work spaces are becoming impossible to ignore. I have spent the last few days trying to get a straight answer from departments that keep passing the blame to someone else. It is exhausting work to keep pushing against this level of apathy but I am not walking away from this.
Reached 100 supporters
February 11, 2017
89 Comments
Lots of other buildings need work too. I feel that arts should be payed attention to because CNAS has buildings such as MSE, Chung, geonomics, chemical sciences, and Orbac that are much nicer facilities. I noticed the inequality when I toured campus as a perspective student. It bothered me then.
The ARTS building is a hazardous eyesore in an otherwise attractive campus. With the rodent infestation, it is a health hazard. Please repair it and upgrade the elevators as soon as possible. Other UCR real estate development projects ought to be placed on hold until this building is restored.
The other day I tripped over the warped and disgusting flooring. Are they going to wait for someone to actually injure themselves and sue? I thought people administering a university would be more educated than that...
There is a lot of rough spots around the entire building and the elevators are very sketchy, I almost only take the stairs. Also the paint is so bad that it only looks decent when it rains. You really get a look back in time when you're around the art building.
I concur wholeheartedly. I always wondered why they boarded the planter sections for so long (at least 2014) since I've been here. I thought it was for a fountain. Shame that no plants are in there.
Please repair the building.
Shameful that these buildings have been disregarded and neglected.
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The administration confirmed they have finally approved the full restoration project for the Arts building. It has been an exhausting road to get here but we are finally getting the long term repairs this building deserves. I will be keeping a close eye on the construction crews to ensure they …
March 29, 2017
Final supporters
We, the occupants and users of the Arts building at UC Riverside are dissatisfied with the current condition of the building. It is in disrepair in several key areas. The facade on the south facing side is crumbling, falling apart and has terrible mismatched patch jobs. The planter on the main floor has been empty for many years due to leaks and has never been properly addressed. For some time it had a plywood cover which was a temporary patch that eventually warped, looked terrible and was removed. There are sandbags strewn around the grounds for months, if not years without any suggestion that they will be removed. There are now evidently rats and other vermin in the building. This presents potential health hazards. The ground in several areas is deteriorating badly. This great building, designed by the late Frank Israel, is now an eyesore. The building is an embarrassment to the public face of the university and its hard working occupants. In addition to the deterioration, there is an ongoing neglect to keep the grounds clean and tidy. The outdoor hallways are often filthy. Windows are dirty. Dust builds up in many areas. We do not notice other buildings on campus showing this egregious degree of neglect. We are asking for a clear plan of action by the administration to repair our building in a lasting and intelligent fashion (not patch jobs and bandaids), and for a plan for more rigorous upkeep. We are requesting that these issues be addressed and remedied by no later than June 1st, 2017.
Sincerely,
UC Riverside Arts Building Occupants and Users.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
February 11, 2017
February 11, 2017
The emails I receive from you all about the state of our work spaces are becoming impossible to ignore. I have spent the last few days trying to get a straight answer from departments that keep passing the blame to someone else. It is exhausting work to keep pushing against this level of apathy but I am not walking away from this.
Reached 100 supporters
February 11, 2017
89 Comments
This building is hostile, and it's certainly not because of its occupants. Not only is the decay an aesthetic woe, but it's now hazardous to the students, faculty, and staff who call it home. The negligence is appalling and our facilities deserve the same priority that is given to the STEM buildings.
Lots of other buildings need work too. I feel that arts should be payed attention to because CNAS has buildings such as MSE, Chung, geonomics, chemical sciences, and Orbac that are much nicer facilities. I noticed the inequality when I toured campus as a perspective student. It bothered me then.
The ARTS building is a hazardous eyesore in an otherwise attractive campus. With the rodent infestation, it is a health hazard. Please repair it and upgrade the elevators as soon as possible. Other UCR real estate development projects ought to be placed on hold until this building is restored.
The other day I tripped over the warped and disgusting flooring. Are they going to wait for someone to actually injure themselves and sue? I thought people administering a university would be more educated than that...
There is a lot of rough spots around the entire building and the elevators are very sketchy, I almost only take the stairs. Also the paint is so bad that it only looks decent when it rains. You really get a look back in time when you're around the art building.
I concur wholeheartedly. I always wondered why they boarded the planter sections for so long (at least 2014) since I've been here. I thought it was for a fountain. Shame that no plants are in there.
Please repair the building.
Shameful that these buildings have been disregarded and neglected.
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This building is hostile, and it's certainly not because of its occupants. Not only is the decay an aesthetic woe, but it's now hazardous to the students, faculty, and staff who call it home. The negligence is appalling and our facilities deserve the same priority that is given to the STEM buildings.