The Flickr 1960Suniversitybuilding Image Generatr

Five traffic cones were lined up adorably in the driveway.

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At Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, were the Watterson Towers, a/k/a the Watterson Residence Hall, completed circa 1969, at the northwest corner of West Beaufort Street and South Fell Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• McLean (county) (7019015)
• Normal (7014232)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• Brutalist (300112048)
• dormitories (buildings) (300005668)
• driveways (300008280)
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• student housing (300006640)
• university and college buildings (300122164)
• zigzags (300165028)

Wikidata items:
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• Central Illinois (Q5061228)
• Illinois State University (Q558922)
• traffic cone (Q694547)
• Treaty with the Kickapoo, 1819 (Q129263988)
• Treaty with the Peoria, etc., 1818 (Q129263931)
• Watterson Towers (Q7974952)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• College buildings—Illinois (sh91002568)
• Dwellings—Illinois (sh85040234)

Parked outside were a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander, a 2014 Ford Taurus, and a 2024 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid. All of them were mine at the time, but I have since sold the Outlander.

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At Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, were the Watterson Towers, a/k/a the Watterson Residence Hall, completed circa 1969, at the northwest corner of West Beaufort Street and South Fell Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• McLean (county) (7019015)
• Normal (7014232)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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• high-rise buildings (300004810)
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• university and college buildings (300122164)
• zigzags (300165028)

Wikidata items:
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• Toyota RAV4 (Q819982)
• Treaty with the Kickapoo, 1819 (Q129263988)
• Treaty with the Peoria, etc., 1818 (Q129263931)
• Watterson Towers (Q7974952)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• College buildings—Illinois (sh91002568)
• Dwellings—Illinois (sh85040234)

It's an impressive building but after 55 years I'd expect that its immediate surroundings would be a bit more dressed up.

Funfact: The small commercial building in the foreground was built in 1961.

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At Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, were the Watterson Towers, a/k/a the Watterson Residence Hall, completed circa 1969, at the northwest corner of West Beaufort Street and South Fell Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• McLean (county) (7019015)
• Normal (7014232)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• Brutalist (300112048)
• commercial buildings (300005147)
• dormitories (buildings) (300005668)
• high-rise buildings (300004810)
• student housing (300006640)
• university and college buildings (300122164)
• zigzags (300165028)

Wikidata items:
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• August 2024 (Q61313036)
• Bloomington-Normal (Q2907050)
• Central Illinois (Q5061228)
• Illinois State University (Q558922)
• Treaty with the Kickapoo, 1819 (Q129263988)
• Treaty with the Peoria, etc., 1818 (Q129263931)
• Watterson Towers (Q7974952)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• College buildings—Illinois (sh91002568)
• Commercial buildings—Illinois (sh89006915)
• Dwellings—Illinois (sh85040234)

Here were the Watterson Towers, a residence hall at Illinois State University, said by the university to have "opened in 1968," and said by Wikipedia to have been "completed in 1969," and said by various online sources to have been "completed in 1968" or "opened in 1969."

According to an October 1968 article in the student newspaper, the first five floors were opened to 220 students in the fall of that year, while the remainder of the building continued to be built. According to a December 1969 article in the same newspaper, the "North Tower was due to be finished in September of 1968 and was just completed, and the South Tower was scheduled to completed in September of 1969 but is still not done." So it's possible it wasn't technically "completed in 1969," but I haven't seen any online sources asserting it was "completed in 1970."

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At Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, were the Watterson Towers, a/k/a the Watterson Residence Hall, at the northwest corner of West Beaufort Street and South Fell Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• McLean (county) (7019015)
• Normal (7014232)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• beige (color) (300266234)
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• Brutalist (300112048)
• dormitories (buildings) (300005668)
• high-rise buildings (300004810)
• student housing (300006640)
• university and college buildings (300122164)
• zigzags (300165028)

Wikidata items:
• 10 August 2024 (Q69307256)
• 1960s in architecture (Q11185676)
• 1969 in architecture (Q2812513)
• August 10 (Q2779)
• August 2024 (Q61313036)
• Bloomington-Normal (Q2907050)
• Central Illinois (Q5061228)
• Illinois State University (Q558922)
• Treaty with the Kickapoo, 1819 (Q129263988)
• Treaty with the Peoria, etc., 1818 (Q129263931)
• Watterson Towers (Q7974952)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• College buildings—Illinois (sh91002568)
• Dwellings—Illinois (sh85040234)