Here are a few pics I took of the new dorms at UMass, during construction in 2022 and the same location this morning.
The site used to be a parking lot. The kids call this dorm "Flintstone."
Yabba Dabba Doo! This corner cafe is a new campus hot spot.
But not very busy on a Sunday morning, when everybody's sleeping off Saturday night.
The new dorms were built in part to satisfy the demands of the townspeople of Amherst for more on campus student housing. The year-round residents complain that the students snatch up all the available cheap housing in town, causing only very expensive housing to remain on the market. Whether the new dorms will open up lower cost housing in town remains to be seen. So far, the cost of housing in Amherst continues to rise, having gone up by about 8% since the dorms opened. The average rent for an Amherst apartment is $2,189 per month.
Meanwhile, the Northampton Farmer's Market has started a new season.
One of the regularly participating farms suffered a devastating fire in February and is seeking financial help to recover.
There is an art show featuring paintings of local locations by Harry Dumas at Northampton's Woodstar Cafe.
A painting of the area by the Hamp parking garage.
Downtown Williamsburg for $875.
This tweet from 2017 has not aged well.
In contrast, this one, also from 2017, has aged very well.
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Pretty soon UMass won't have any parking lots left, just buildings.
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