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Wow! Great write up. Thanks for sharing. It sounds like a memorable evening. I wish I could have been there.
Thanks for sharing your account of the evening and am sorry I didn’t carve out time to make the event. I hope to make it to Reynolds and see in person the work they’ve done. By all accounts, it seems like they did an excellent job!
It does remind me that we have some very talented and special folks who have come through this school over the years (some are still here) in both athletics, academics, and even administration.
Fortunately, I married up and to another State graduate at that. Through her I’ve taken advantage of the opportunities to remain connected to NC State community outside of athletics.
It’s easy to get caught up in wins and losses, but this University and its graduates do some great things.
Follow-up to my original post. Thanks for the nice comments. Since I wrote it, I have emailed and commented to several friends and family about what a magnificent job the Michael Lipitz did. I probably should have also commented on Debbie Yow’s vision for “salvaging” Reynolds and her tireless efforts to get it funded as well as to keep the overall tone and ambiance of Reynolds in the design. Bobby Purcell (who seemingly can sell icecubes to native Americans in the Tundra region of Alaska) also gets a special thanks for how he and his WPC staff partnered with the AD and pulled this off….while also doing some much needed upgrades to other facilities and building the “Snoopy Blimp” Hangar that we call the IPS.
The OTHER thing that struck me when I would comment to folks was the cost. $35 Million is not small change (OK, to a politician it is…). I managed multi-million dollar projects (new, renovation and demolition) and was often my own “architect and designer”. Obviously we had a great architectural firm (as well as our OWN fine resources) to assist.
BUT, I have visited several national and state and local parks, shrines, monuments, etc. over the years and more so since I retired. Some are repeats and I often find myself shaking my head in disbelief at the amount of money that was spent and the “Value” of the final product.
The Reynolds Restoration/Renovation should be the benchmark for any such project. The overall results (function as well as visual impact) FAR exceed the typical cost ratios for such. I believe that most WP’ers will share my opinion after seeing it and spending some time there.
I expressed my thoughts to Dr. Woodson and Debbie and they were most appreciative and pleased that the project was brought in on time and in budget and also was considered a “value added” success.
GO PACK….
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