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Employees can expect to see an increase in demolition-related activities in the coming weeks as the Campus Renewal Project progresses.

David Kilper / WUSTL PhotoEliot Residence Hall during implosionIt took two years to build and mere seconds for it to come down, floor by floor. The last remaining high-rise on Washington University’s South 40, Eliot Residence Hall was demolished just after 10 a.m. Saturday, June 21, to make way for new student housing. As hundreds of Washington University students, faculty, staff, neighbors and alumni — including some who once lived in Eliot — watched, the 12-story, 38-year-old brick structure was imploded, leaving behind a dust cloud that quickly dissipated and a heap of rubble. A new residential hall will be built in the same place and will retain the Eliot name, which honors William Greenleaf Eliot, the university’s co-founder.

WUSTL archivesEilot Residence Hall, 1965Eliot Residence Hall on Washington University’s South 40, the student residential area between Forsyth and Wydown boulevards, will be imploded by Spirtas Wrecking Co. at 10 a.m. June 21 to make way for new student housing. The new residence hall to be built in the same location will retain the Eliot name and comprise 53,500 square feet as part of the Phase II B housing construction on the South 40. The new hall, which will be four stories tall and include 170 beds, will be ready for the fall 2004 semester.