As it became known that Taconic Hall was to be torn down, an apathy regarding cleaning swept the building. The dormitory inspection from Spring Semester, May 1978, commented on the build up of trash stating that, ”there is a lot of litter on the entrance roof known as ‘pebble beach.’” Image Courtesy of Freel Library Archive, Taconic Hall, 1976, MCLA Photographs Buildings Box 2; Quote Courtesy of Freel Library Archive, Dormitory Inspection Report, Anothony F. Ceddia, 1978, p. 2.