14 years ago today on April 21, 2009, Rebel Girl and Roy scrambled around campus with what was left of the venerable clock tower. Roy took photos. Some fun! If you want to see the clock's hands, they still have them in their office. Things are better now.
The Spirit of the Clock Tower
Irvine Valley College once had a clock tower. It was a good clock tower, as clock towers go. But some of its timber was rotten.
So they tore it down.
Irvine Valley College once had a clock tower. It was a good clock tower, as clock towers go. But some of its timber was rotten.
So they tore it down.
We managed to rescue the clock’s hands. That’s all that’s left. Plus our memories.
The clock tower is gone. But the spirit of the clock tower survives.
Here are some pictures that the Reb and I took today around campus and inside the new BSTIC building.
The A-quad: somebody told us that they put this slab of concrete "right on top of the bricks."
"So the bricks are OK," he said.
"Oh."
The clock tower is gone. But the spirit of the clock tower survives.
Here are some pictures that the Reb and I took today around campus and inside the new BSTIC building.
The A-quad: somebody told us that they put this slab of concrete "right on top of the bricks."
"So the bricks are OK," he said.
"Oh."
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