Addition of "P" on the campus hill costs $10,000?!

[Admin]

Hey there, I talked to one of my colleagues today and learned that the addition of the letter P on our campus hill was estimated at around $10,000. Fortunately, that large amount was donated and not out of ASI (our own pocket).

Can someone confirm this? I like to know how such project would cost near $10K!

[anna211705]

Originally Posted by iKwak

Hey there, I talked to one of my colleagues today and learned that the addition of the letter P on our campus hill was estimated at around $10,000. Fortunately, that large amount was donated and not out of ASI (our own pocket).

Can someone confirm this? I like to know how such project would cost near $10K!

What does the P stand for anyways?

[lwong81]

cp = cal poly
cpp = cal poly pomona.

wow, 10k?
wonder how much it cost to fix those silly bells that ring every quarter of the hour

[MandyMindy]

what is up with the color? Each letter have different colors right now if you look up the hill and looks rather tacky.

[Admin]

Do they still play the bell? It didn't catch my ears during the past weeks.

The CPP letters goes through frequent paintlift so the current color scheme should change soon.

[PandaMoOo]

Bells are gone from what I know.

The colors are painted on the letters by various clubs around campus. Often times they even get free paint from what i hear.

$10,000 does not surprise me. A small job like that is kind of complex in that its laying a lot of concrete on a slope. It has to be done by a very credible business, so that drives up the price. Otherwise I would have done it for $3000. It woulda looked horrible though.

Here is a story about the Pride Center's trouble with painting the letters->

http://www.thepolypost.com/story.php?story=2692

So much for tolerance. Peace -

[lwong81]

bells are gone again? come to think of it, i don't think i hear them

[Keng]

I heard bell today, so it's still there