Hi Tom. I am Vin Ree, BS Physics, RPI Class of 1985. Yeah, it was sad that The Chrinitoid has disappeared and I am very happy to have discovered that you hunted it down and created your In Search of The Chrinitoid site. I haven\u2019t checked but maybe you should start a Facebook page for The Chrinitoid!<\/p>\n
However, I think you need to update the current website since satellite image has changed and blocks The Chrinitoid.<\/p>\n
I had to do some manipulating with Google Maps, but The Chrinitoid is located at:<\/p>\n
47.369959 degrees North, 8.534296 degrees East.<\/p>\n
However, below is a nice Google Street View of The Chrinitoid and another map. You can go into Google Maps yourself and get a different and better angle in Street View, but I wanted to capture the canal in the picture. I don\u2019t think anyone would have a problem if you edited this pic and added it to your site.<\/p>\n
Enjoy! And, since it\u2019ll be the 30th anniversary since The Chrinitoid was removed from campus, perhaps you should write an update article for the alumni magazine!<\/p>\n
BTW, while I have no evidence (I think you\u2019d have to check back issues of The Polytechnic), I strongly believe that I had read in the Poly that Rickey wanted RPI to buy The Chrinitoid for $75,000. RPI balked, so Rickey took it off campus. It\u2019s a shame too \u2013 we lost both The Chrinitoid and George Low that summer.<\/p>\n
Also, about that 26 SEP 1984 Polytechnic front page picture of The Chrinitoid on your website. The photographer, Masaki Minato, was Class of 1986 Chemistry or Chem Eng. I knew his older brother Kazuki who was Class of 85 Physics with me. We were roommates our junior and senior years and Masaki would stop over all the time. I am Facebook friends with Kazuki and a former girlfriend of his, Rachel Hefner \u201886, so if you need to get in touch with Masaki, I should be able to hook you up although he\u2019s rather public on the web. For all I know, he still has the original pic or negative that was used in that Poly photo.<\/p>\n
Thanks again for all of your efforts!<\/p>\n
Vin Ree J<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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