And the Walls Came Tumbling Down...

But Dempsey Hall will rise again. Dempsey, which opened in 1963 as a companion to Peirce Hall, was razed this fall to make way for a newer, larger facility as part of the Peirce renovation project. In the new facility, students will enter an expanded food servery through a dramatic atrium. Peirce will retain its signature spaces, from the Great Hall and the main lobby to Peirce Lounge and the Bemis Music Room. The rebuilt Dempsey will feature a larger dining hall with bigger windows; on the lower level, a bigger central dining area will be flanked by four private dining rooms. The new facilities will include air conditioning, main-floor restrooms, a bigger pub space, and updated kitchen facilities equipped to store and process fresh local foods as part of the Food for Thought program.

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