[Source: Jahna Berry, Arizona Republic, June 20, 2008] — Workers are finishing a signature building on Arizona State University’s downtown Phoenix campus. The $71 million future home for the journalism school and Channel 8 is a bronze building with crisp lines, loft-like spaces and cutting-edge classroom details, said Richard Stanley, a senior vice president and university planner. “We wanted to put in place the notion that this was for an urban campus,” Stanley said. “It’s not just another office building.”
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication will move from Tempe to downtown Phoenix this summer, in time for the fall term. The school will share the six-story, 223,000-square-foot building with the public television station and KBAQ, a classical music station. It’s the latest ASU division to move from Tempe since the university and Phoenix city leaders established the campus in 2006. It’s now an integral part of city plans to revitalize downtown Phoenix. The venture has been funded by a $220 million voter-approved bond. [Note: To read the full article, click here. To view 24/7 webcam, click here.]
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