Developer eyes big student housing project on historic Langdon Street

Continuing an upscale student housing boom, a developer is proposing a seven-story, 124-unit tower with a rooftop swimming pool amid the fraternities and sororities that line historic Langdon Street.

But the proposal is raising questions about how the building’s modern architecture fits on the street, parking and security.

Core Spaces, based in Austin, Texas, and Chicago, is proposing the new Hub II housing on the site of The Langdon Apartments, a massive, seven-story cream and brown brick structure that sat vacant at 126 Langdon St. for a decade before it was demolished this summer...

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Ken Notes: Langdon is a zoo, but it is not their zoo to fix. They are just providing another Animal House. I know I am not politically correct here but I do like the analogy and film reference. To those I have offended I apologize in advance, but hey walk down Langdon on a Friday night (something I actually enjoy doing) and tell me I am wrong...