A mix of current and former Syracuse University students began taking to Twitter Tuesday to share their dismay over the possible demolition of  the campus favorite Chuck’s Cafe after the Daily Orange reported on a proposal to replace the bar with a mix of residential and retail businesses.

The proposal by real estate development firm BLVD Equities will need to be approved by  the Syracuse City Planning Commission, which is planning to take the proposal to a vote during its next meeting on Feb. 6.

The demolishment would take down the buildings at 727 S. Crouse Ave., which currently house Chuck’s and Funk n’ Waffles, and would replace the structure with an 8-story “mixed use building.”

Though Jacqueline Jones, a lawyer for Chuck’s, said the bar is “ready and willing” to move forward with the proposal at the city planning hearing Tuesday evening, some SU community members are not ready to let the campus favorite go. Some people on Twitter have even called to #SaveChucks while alums panicked and reminisced over the bar as a campus “landmark.”

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#SaveChucks https://t.co/YtbCFKsosd

— Adam Czudak (@AdamCzudak) January 17, 2017

If Chuck’s gets demolished, so does a piece of my heart with it https://t.co/JNGsgztr9N

— Anthony Riccobono (@Tony_Riccobono) January 17, 2017

Please @God no https://t.co/HcIoF216hQ

— Juliana Riordan (@julianariordan) January 17, 2017

God has abandoned us. https://t.co/cQ94MnhgXd

— Hallmark Card (@lexhallmark) January 17, 2017

 

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Who wants to help me keep Chuck’s alive? I promise to update the playlist if you put me in charge of the movement #MakeChucksGreatAgain https://t.co/8AgCjQGdlf

— ERJ (@OrangeManNY) January 17, 2017

#SaveChucks https://t.co/csZbd8GiCM

— Erk (@ErikJFM) January 17, 2017

Go into class like it’s a normal day and leave learning that THEY MIGHT CLOSE CHUCKS?! You can’t close my college bar, SYRACUSE

— Lauren Crump (@crumpy92) January 17, 2017

BISH WHET?! #SAVECHUCKS My entire senior year was spent there!!! https://t.co/tzdA4BB0KO

— Hot Sauce (@geraldobah) January 17, 2017

Save Chuck’s https://t.co/WivxlCDvZN

— Zach Smalt (@zachsmalt) January 17, 2017

Oh absolutely hell to the no. Chucks is a landmark. https://t.co/GT3Hl5bcCV

— Lauren Dellipoali (@ldellipoali819) January 17, 2017

a travesty, if true https://t.co/pZpACSq84e

— Maya Kosoff (@mekosoff) January 17, 2017

True story: we got engaged at Chuck’s. Not sure what this says about us. https://t.co/QhNnGqXLIY

— Jess Infante (@JessicaInfante) January 19, 2017

y’all are never going to get that $20.16 if this happens i swear to god https://t.co/BOGsSTqcVl

— kelly, sarah (@_smgkelly) January 18, 2017

#SaveFunk @funknwaffles https://t.co/Xlma6pYDgO

— Andrew Bank (@AndrewBank) January 18, 2017

Unless this mixed use building involves an even larger Chucks w more bathroom stalls and the old walls somehow, I disapprove. #saveChucks https://t.co/ULAeyyHZoJ

— Riley Woods (@riwoods) January 18, 2017

If approved, it seems SU admin answered the age-old question “what’s the quickest way to deter alumni from visiting campus?” #SaveChucks https://t.co/DMJAAUzzRx

— Cassie Dagostino (@casatino) January 18, 2017

There is no way that a TRUE @SyracuseU alum would support this, let alone propose it #SaveChucks #Cuse https://t.co/xVdItMaVFs

— Molly Smith (@MollySmithNews) January 18, 2017

If SU closes down Chucks to build a new place I’m chaining my body to the building and letting them take me down with it #SaveChucks

— mw (@MegWalshh) January 19, 2017

I turn 21 in 3 months please let me have this Syracuse right of passage #SaveChucks

— Ciara Harrington (@ciarawh) January 19, 2017

Published on January 17, 2017 at 11:33 pm

Contact Anna: almerod@syr.edu