[arod74]

The developement along 65th has been a sorely needed to this point but not much can be done to change the fact that the school is pretty much surrounded at all sides like a castle by elevated railroad tracks, the river, and a major cross street. Hard to create a collegetown feel when the school is so detached from the surrounding neighborhoods and businesses. Much different from older schools were the universities almost fill in seemlessly alongside the neighborhoods around it making it difficult to discern were one begins and one starts like Cal, USF, UCLA etc. As you mention wburg, adding a very small private university component as part of the railyards might be the only feasible way.