Goodbye to Pavillion West

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On June 20th 2014 we finally said goodbye to Pavillion West(*). It is the last of three temporary shacks (**) that have housed the offices of various groups of employees during the years of transition and reshuffling.

Since the initial inhabitants of Pavillion West were not happy for some reason, it was decided to put the software people there. They thrived, of course, and rapidly developed a separate sub-culture, with soft furniture and picnic facilities. It can only be hoped that they will be equally productive now that they are back in the more formal surroundings of the building proper.

The pavillion was taken apart and removed in a remarkably short time, by a small number of people who had obviously done it before. A bit like rolling out new stations for the ever-expanding LOFAR telescope.

(*) Also fondly known as "Outhouse One".

(**) The other two were placed between the Astronomy building and the Guesthouse, and attached the South of Pavillion West.