{"id":31262,"date":"2015-08-21T10:01:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T01:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=31262"},"modified":"2015-08-21T10:01:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T01:01:41","slug":"reconstruction-of-waseda-landmark-begins-following-farewell-memorial-hall-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/31262","title":{"rendered":"Reconstruction of Waseda landmark begins following Farewell Memorial Hall event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Toyama Campus: August 2, 6, 2015<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/08\/150821_01.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers and audience exude passion and energy at the farewell event<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/08\/150821_02.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors at Memorial Hall on its final evening<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/08\/150821_03.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waseda\u2019s oenbu close out the event with a collaborative performance between the BIGBEARS and SHOKERS cheerleaders<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/08\/150821_04.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorial Hall after the event in preparation for its reconstruction<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On August 2, the \u201cFarewell Memorial Hall\u201d event was held to commemorate the symbolic Memorial Hall on its final day before undergoing reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>A university landmark, the Memorial Hall has not only been used as an athletic facility, but for entrance and graduation ceremonies, physical education courses, and other events such as the annual campus fair and homecoming day. The hall has come to be adored by many with fond memories of time spent there. Deconstruction of the aging and worn out hall is underway in preparation for its large-scale reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>University circles and the oenbu exuded passion as they expressed gratitude with energetic performances to the 58 year old hall. Students and guests commemorated the final, bittersweet day of the hall as the curtain was lowered on its 60 year history.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/en-news\/26516\">Waseda\u2019s new landmark<\/a>, a new multipurpose sports arena is expected to be completed in March, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Toyama Campus: August 2, 6, 2015 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; On August 2, the \u201cFarewell Memorial Hall\u201d event was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,117],"tags":[263],"class_list":["post-31262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-topic","tag-campus_scenes-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}