A few days ago I was on the University of Massachusetts campus, stealthily making my way to my wife's office so that I could leave her a bouquet of tulips, her favorite flowers, for Valentine's Day. Having accomplished this task, I decided to take an alternate route back to where I had parked my truck.
I came across a building which I had never noticed before. I don't know if it had a name (like all the other buildings on campus), but it could very well be that most people at UMass have forgotten what that name was, given the dilapidated state of the structure.
With "No Trespassing" signs on every side of the building, broken windows and what appeared to be boarded-up doors, I would venture to say that this building is no longer used for anything.
And given UMass' propensity for new construction, it would not surprise me if I took this route again in a couple of years and found this building gone.
Is this a ruin? Maybe not yet. Maybe this is a "pre-ruin". -- PL
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