{"id":9609,"date":"2021-11-01T09:38:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T08:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=9609"},"modified":"2021-11-01T09:38:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T08:38:23","slug":"linstead-hall-demolition-rebuilding-2007-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/linstead-hall-demolition-rebuilding-2007-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Linstead Hall Demolition\/Rebuilding: 2007-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s video was previously available back in 2007 via the old Imperial iMedia Server. However, that has now been decommissioned and videos are no longer accessible from it. So let&#8217;s go back to the day when Rector Sir Richard Sykes officially launched the start of demolition and ultimately rebuilding of what was called Linstead Hall, but then became Eastside Halls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NGZ5lfaPvGk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Sir Richard Sykes had already ended his term as Rector when, in 2008, Sir Roy Anderson who was then Rector, attended the Topping Out Ceremony.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H7m2IcbmSSQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Just before the end of 2009 we made a series of &#8216;student tours&#8217; of the various halls of residence at Imperial College. 1st year Biochemistry Student Laura Bunting did the honours by showing us around the newly opened Eastside block.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oREWaKvyKAI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw November 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today it&#8217;s firstly the demolition and then occupation of the old and then new Linstead (Eastside) Halls 2007-2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3921,79,18461,53,82],"tags":[157,161,155,183,89],"class_list":["post-9609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-update","category-campus","category-college-history","category-events","category-student-life","tag-accommodation","tag-buildings","tag-eastside","tag-princes-gardens","tag-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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