No way Drexel is the ugliest college. We used to call them Orange Brick U, but the orange brick buildings aren't ugly, just...bright. And I don't know what Bama is doing on the most beautiful list. It's just kind of generically collegiate, IMHO.
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Susan W. - Dec 12, 2007 8:29:31 am PST #6871 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Frankenbuddha - Dec 12, 2007 8:36:11 am PST #6872 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm kinda shocked Northeastern got the nod over B.U., but maybe we need an actual campus to be considered. Some of the acadmic buildings are nice, but Warren Towers looks like a prison block.
Susan W. - Dec 12, 2007 8:36:51 am PST #6873 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
The campuses I know best, Penn and UW, are a mixture of the gorgeous and unfortunate, which, in a way, gives them a nice, lived-in look. They've grown over time and so have buildings reflecting a variety of architectural trends, budget crunches and splurges, and the like.
And I do tend to prefer old-school architecture to the modern kind--sometimes I feel like my aesthetic century is the 18th, and none of the fashions have been quite as beautiful after 1815 or so, be they music, architecture, clothing, or whatever. But I definitely differentiate between "not my style, but attractive for what it is" and "OMG WTF were they thinking?!"
Trudy Booth - Dec 12, 2007 8:45:39 am PST #6874 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Modern architecture is often much nicer on the inside than the outside, imho.
What looks like a barely clever box with some sort of jaunty roof angle ends up being this airy bathed in light space with amazing views and flow.
Theodosia - Dec 12, 2007 8:46:14 am PST #6875 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I know there's a lot of Pratchett fans here, and thus I'm assuming that they would want to hear some bad news that's just come out -- he's been diagnosed with the beginning stages of a form of Alzheimers.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2007 8:56:32 am PST #6876 of 10001
brillig
We've been mourning that news in Literary, Theo.
Fred Pete - Dec 12, 2007 9:17:35 am PST #6877 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
a mixture of the gorgeous and unfortunate
I remember Tulane as the same. Big 19th century neo-Gothic at one end of the main quad, modern box on stilts (so the sidewalk could run under it) at the other, with social sciences in the middle in a wood frame building that would be only moderately out of place in the residential area of a small town.
amych - Dec 12, 2007 9:26:58 am PST #6878 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
a mixture of the gorgeous and unfortunate
This is actually my favorite school of campus architecture -- I've never been a fan of Everything Matches schools. They look to me like housing developments. Or bridesmaids. But when you've got a campus that developed over time and across a range of styles, you're gonna have some stinkers...
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2007 9:46:26 am PST #6879 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why does Office Depot feel housing pain? My elevator shouldn't force me to google.
msbelle - Dec 12, 2007 9:51:18 am PST #6880 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Ahhh, I am already feeling the benefit of giving notice. I got out of a meeting on a new project. WHEE!