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In Reply to: RE: (Re)Visiting UC Berkeley posted by Luminator on September 03, 2024 at 20:55:27
And even the library, with its neoclassical ornaments, is depressing, grim GREY. Aren't there any pretty buildings on that campus? Anything colorful?
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Interior of the Hearst Memorial Mining Building
My wife was walking around (i.e., not standing still), when taking these photos with her phone, so they're not the most stable.
Doe Library, as the sun was going down.
Moffitt Library, as the sun continued to set.
What time was it, when my wife took this of the Campanile (which is not a library!)? She's not sure she'd like to go back to Cal, especially when her employer does not care from which university she gets a Masters. She thinks I'd be able to blend in. But she would, in her own words, fulfill the role of "cynical menopausal white-collar dudette."
For some reason architects like to build university libraries that include underground levels. Does help solve issues with book storage space, in line with giving campus buildings a low profile and not rising to monstrous heights. Stanford University did just that with its main campus library, Green Library. Half the structure is underground! But the building is also situated in a 100 year flood plain. The architects that planned the building might have given more thought to that issue. Because in 1998 that hundred year flood hit. Water cascaded into the basement of Green Library, rising to knee deep levels, which then soaked and severely damaged over 60,000 books. Check the video to see such a truly spectacular library flood, which happened recently at the Smithtown Library of Long Island, New York.
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In early 2011, while I was working for Stanford Student Housing, an electric cart was found in Lake Lagunita. It was obvious to us, that students had placed it there, as a prank. And the cart, as it turned out, belonged to us. We had no idea where that particular cart had come from, or was supposed to be parked. So I was assigned to do an audit.
Lake Lagunita is a vernal pool. It's normally dry. However, during the times it does rain, Lake Lagunita acts as a flood plain.
As a worker for the Graduate School of Education, I felt that the Green Library (which was next to GSE) had plenty of space, for students to study, and me to take a break. I don't know about now, but back then, the Green Library specialized in social sciences. Hmm, but you got me thinking. I don't think I ever went to the basement.
Below ground (below the main hall), they "cleverly" built rehearsal rooms and a large rehearsal space which the Stanford Chorus used to use. Only trouble was that when there was a good rain (not even a 100 year flood), the sewage would overflow into the practice rooms and the rehearsal space, and people would have to wait until it dried and could be cleaned up. This happened maybe five or six times just during the period I was there in the 70's. I guess it was all part of the "Leland Stanford Junior University Experience". Yes, it's true: I had to attend a junior university. ;-)
One day after work, I spotted George Clooney, who was supposed to give a free talk at Dinkelspiel. I was expecting an entourage, but no, as far as I could tell, he only had a single assistant.
Another sight to behold was the Dalai Lama and all the monks.
But anyway, the "Beat Cal" t-shirts do not sell. The attitude among students is "But we always beat Cal."
No, I was unaware of the underground floors at Dinkelspiel having plumbing problems. But Building Maintenance has had decades to resolve that :-)
Per the last sentence in your post, one HOPES that the plumbing problems were eventually resolved! ;-)
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