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1515 is UVA's new gathering
spot on the corner.

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Since opening this spring,
it's become the new hangout

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and working space for students.

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It harbors that kind
of inclusiveness.

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In the summer of
2015 this building,

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which used to be the student
bookstore went up for lease.

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And the university
acquired it with the idea

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that there was a need for a
space students can go hang out

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and have a good
time on the corner.

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A lot of our projects there's
clearly the decision maker

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that's in charge.

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This was completely unlike that.

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The leadership made
it clear, the students

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were calling the shots.

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The students on the
steering committee

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were involved in every
aspect of the building,

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right down to picking
paint colors, floor plans

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and layouts, and then the
operational side of things,

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towards the end, how this
building will be managed

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and how it'd would be run.

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Each room has been
designed to attract

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a different crowd of people.

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It's got that energy.

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It feels very, very student run.

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It's a place where
students can be students.

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You put all this work
into the building,

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but you don't know how
it will be received.

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I've seen so many people
coming in until like 2:00 AM.

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Each room, each floor, the cafe,
everything has been put to use.

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Every student I've
talked to about it,

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they all have
suggestions for how

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we can improve it
and make it better

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or make it more of
a student space.

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And that's really exciting.

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And I think student
input like that

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is what will make the
building evolve and continue

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to get better.

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