<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/westmont-news/renovation-reveals-long-hidden-feature-original-westmont-dining-commons-walls.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>08/09/2011</pubDate><title>Renovation reveals a long-hidden feature of the original Westmont dining commons walls</title><excerpt>Remember the brightly colored glass blocks in the old DC walls? They disappeared when the college built Kerr Student Center on top of the dining commons in 1983. But this week, construction work uncovered the original exterior wall along the southern edge of the building. This wall was retained as part of the Study, the snack bar adjacent to the dining area. A major renovation of the facility will alter the interior of the dining commons, and the first phase began this summer. Knocking down the wall that separates the dining area from the study (and hid those glass blocks underneath drywall) and demolishing the walls of Monroe Dining Room will create more room for students to eat their meals.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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