University of Dayton Ghetto
Formerly known as "the Ghetto," the UD Student Neighborhood is leased in an arrangement that resembles both traditional university housing and a landlord/tenant relationship.
[2] The original proprietors of the neighborhood were Thomas S. Babbitt, Dr. Joseph E. Lowes, R. D. Hughes and Harry Kiefaber.
[6] Traditionally, the term "ghetto" refers to "a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure.
[8] As result, the university has received criticism for its appropriation of subjugated experiences, as well as its lackluster approach to changing student culture.
In 2000, construction began on several new duplexes to fill land that was unused, resulting in housing for several dozen additional students.
[9] In 2003, the university continued the project by tearing down several houses on Stonemill Road and replacing them with a new five-person design.
[12] The newest building in the South Student Neighborhood is currently under construction on the corner of Frericks and Lowes Streets.
Once considered a single neighborhood and connected by the north-south Alberta Street, the areas were separated when the Thomas J. Frericks Center and a new formal entrance were added.
Now with the introduction of AVIATE and points accumulated towards housing (more commonly referred to as PATH credits), Juniors and Seniors are more evenly distributed between the two.
It lies between the Darkside and the South Student Neighborhood, but is physically separated from them by Stewart Street and the Frericks Center parking lot.
[3] In 2017 McGinnis Center was demolished to make room for the addition of an $11 million apartment style building.
[21] Despite ongoing rumors, there were no plans to replace the neighborhood with more high-density housing and other university buildings, despite the landlocked nature of the campus.
[22] In June 2005, before the plan could be realized, the university made a $25 million purchase of an additional 49 acres (200,000 m2)—much of the land which was once home to the NCR Corporation—as well as a new 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) building on Brown Street.
According to the draft of the master plan, the building is intended to be a sustainable residence hall, a 75- to 90-bed facility that would also include an educational wing.
The proposed building would use technologies such as solar energy, geothermal heating and cooling, compost piles and low-flow showers.
