To the 99 Pittsburg State University students moving into these historic halls this weekend: hi.
Not sure where to begin, really, but we just want to say thank you so very much for being a part of this milestone moment in the history of Pittsburg. We hope you’re just as excited as we are. This project has been and remains a labor of love for all of us. It’s also a project that has faced a variety of challenges along the way … that’s bound to happen when renovating four of the oldest buildings in the city.
Please know that your rooms are amazing, and you’re going to love the experience of calling Block22 your home. Also know, however, that more work remains. When you walk through these beautiful structures this weekend, you’ll see areas that aren’t completely finished. You’ll notice that we don’t yet have a working elevator. And of course, the ground level of each building remains an active construction site as we work to build The Foundry and the new restaurants.
Be patient, but also embrace this moment. You are truly living history. Block22 is just one piece of the inspiring renaissance in Downtown Pittsburg and throughout our community. In 20, 50, 100 years … people here will look back at this time as the point when this place came alive again. And they’ll be grateful, just as we’re all incredibly grateful for what came before us.
Our hope is that these apartments will house generations of PSU students. Your children and their children and their children will climb the spiral staircases in the Lofts. They will watch the Homecoming parade from their 4th floor suite. They will gather in the study space to cram for finals. And many of them will dream and talk about what it must have been like when this place first opened. They’ll wonder what the first students to live here must have felt.
And you’ll be able to tell them.
Welcome to Block22, friends. We hope you enjoy your stay. …
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