The Julia Tutwiler Hall was a dorm on the campus of the University of Alabama. The former dorm was demolished early Monday, July 4 2022 morning to make way for a new residence hall, which will open in August.
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Since its inception in 1968, the old Tutwiler Hall has housed over 50,000 women. The former hall was 54 years old.
Tutwiler was a sore thumb modernist building on a largely traditional campus, rising to 13 floors, though its numerals jumped from 12th to 14th due to superstition
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The 13-story building was brought down with 500 pounds of dynamite, according to the university. The new building will house 1,200 first-year students.
After being under construction since June 2019, the new Tutwiler Residence Hall with 1,284 beds will open in August 2022.
The old Tutwiler will be replaced with green space, and the site will be redeveloped to include more lighting, pedestrian pathways, utility improvements, road and infrastructure improvements, and a traffic signal along 10th Avenue.
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