University of Delaware, New Bookstore Under Construction in album Newark, DE

In Albums: Newark, DE construction

A three-story steel frame building under construction, with exposed steel on the main side and a side showing yellow paper covering two walls, and a bit of machinery and a man carying some equipment

Mar 11th, 2011, by Alex Zorach

This is a new University of Delaware bookstore, under construction on the west side of Academy street in Newark Delaware, just south of Main street. The old bookstore is in Perkins student union.

Personally, I liked the old bookstore, although it did not seem to use space effectively--the textbooks were all crammed in the back area. But the University is relatively short on space as a whole so I think the extra space this building opens up will be good for the university in the long-run.

I am also hopeful that this area will be more pedestrian-friendly. It was formerly occupied by buildings that, while some of them were historic and pretty, were not often used, and there was not a good pedestrian thoroughfare between the various areas. The new setup promises a sort of pedestrian terrace which I think will be very beneficial for Newark's downtown.