Spring Break
Final demolition stages begin
Jaclyn Johnson
Issue date: 8/20/07 Section: News
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All 10 buildings will be finished sometime this summer while construction on the field will begin within the next few weeks, said Mike Johnson, associate vice chancellor for facilities.
Last year, the UA Board of Trustees approved the new softball field, according to a November UA press release. There were 6 to 8 potential sites considered for its new location, Johnson said.
Carlson Terrace was ultimately chosen because it was already being torn down and it is close to other women's sports facilities, Johnson said.
The softball team began raising funds two years ago for a $7-million state-of-the-art field, said Bev Lewis, women's athletic director. This will replace the old, renovated baseball field the Lady`backs have been using as their home field. The current site is missing many of the specifications a softball field needs, such as locker rooms, Lewis said.
Tearing down Carlson Terrace has been riddled with problems since the beginning.
In 2005, the UA Board of Trustees approved the demolition of five of the original 15 Carlson Terrace buildings. There was a protest on behalf of residents and a few local citizens.
Five buildings were eventually torn down in the summer of 2006 and replaced with the green area known as The Gardens.
"There is no chance" in saving Carlson Terrace, said Paula Marinoni in an interview last year, before the official decision had been made to tear down the last 10 Carlson Terrace buildings.
Marinoni has long been involved in local historic preservation and has been working to save Carlson Terrace since 1997, she said.
A plan for the UA campus, created in 1998 by Sasaki and Associates, also suggested the tearing down of five of the buildings, according to a UA press release in May 2005.
Marinoni blames the destruction of the annex on the UA Board of Trustees' ignorance of the topic.
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