INVESTIGATING. 614 ALMOST 615. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PLANS TO DEMOLISH A CONCRETE TOWER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, WHICH WILL RESHAPE THE UPTOWN CAMPUS FOR YEARS TO COME. IT WILL COME AT A WHOPPING PRICE TAG OF $50 MILLION. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S GIACOMO LUCA IS LIVE FROM CROSLEY TOWER THIS MORNING, WITH REACTION FROM STUDENTS WHO ARE RAISING EYEBROWS ABOUT THAT PRICE TAG. GIACOMO. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT STEVE. AND WHILE THEY MAY NOT KNOW ITS NAME, YOU CERTAINLY CAN’T MISS IT IF YOU DRIVE PAST THAT TOWERING 16 STORY CONCRETE BUILDING BEHIND US. SOME CONSIDER IT AN ICON, WHILE OTHERS CALL IT AN EYESORE. IT’S EVEN BEEN CALLED ONE OF AMERICA’S UGLIEST CAMPUS BUILDINGS. IT’S NAMED AFTER UC ALUM AND CINCINNATI INNOVATOR PAUL CROSLEY. BUILT IN 1969. UC OFFICIALS SAY IT NO LONGER FITS THE NEEDS OF CAMPUS BECAUSE OF ITS AGE. IT CAN’T BE RENOVATED NOW, UC’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES JUST LAST WEEK APPROVED $50 MILLION FOR A YEAR LONG FLOOR BY FLOOR DEMOLITION AFTER YEARS OF DISCUSSIONS THAT INCLUDES THE SAFE REMOVAL OF LEAD AND ASBESTOS, ALONG WITH DEMOLITION OF THE NEARBY CLIFTON COURT GARAGE. WHILE SOME STUDENTS COULD LOVE IT OR HATE IT, SOME ARE RAISING EYEBROWS ABOUT THAT COST. I THINK IT’S A WASTE OF MONEY TO TEAR IT DOWN AND BUILD SOMETHING ELSE. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST RENOVATE IT AND PAINT IT, DO SOMETHING, MAYBE LET PEOPLE LIKE KIND OF GRAFFITI STYLE PAINT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL. IT WOULD TURN IT INTO SOMETHING BETTER THAN IT IS NOW. BUT I MEAN, THERE’S A LOT OF WASTED MONEY HERE AT THIS UNIVERSITY THAT HAS A LOT OF MONEY. I THINK THERE’S I THINK THAT MONEY COULD BE PUT INTO STUDENT HOUSING, AS THERE IS A LACK OF THAT CURRENTLY. NOW THAT DEMOLITION SLATED TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR, ONCE IT’S COMPLETED, IT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE WAY FOR A UC CAMPUS RESEARCH FACILITY. WE’RE LIVE AT THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSI