During the Wednesday Café, John Schroeder came in to talk to us about the construction going on around Cornell. He brought in large maps of what Cornell looked like in 1882 for everyone to look at while he discussed housing at Cornell. He talked about how Cornell students at that time did not live in dorms. I learned that the reason the Cornell campus gates are located at the end of Eddy Street is because students used to walk behind Cascadilla to get to classes. He also talked about why the apartments in college town are so expensive. He also touched on when approving the construction of new buildings in college town, they would like the new buildings to match the look of some of the older ones. It was interesting to learn about Cornell’s history and how the apartment prices in college town got to the point at which they are now. Whenever I go to college town, I see the new buildings, which are beautiful and seem like very nice places to live. After attending this Rose Café, I have a better understanding of the construction that is happening in college town and the process behind these new constructions.