The area referred to lately as “Science Quad North” (the location of the three tiered platform sometimes referred to as the “wedding cake,” walkways to the library, VCC, Amos Eaton, etc.) is currently being re-landscaped. If you haven’t been on campus lately, the “wedding cake” is gone. I thought it would be interesting to [...]
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photomontage of a campus quad
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged landscaping, quad, RPI campus on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
campus buildings designed by alums
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged architecture, Lawlor, Palmer Ricketts, RPI alumni, RPI campus on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been immersed in the history of campus buildings lately and, being saturated with lots of interesting information, I feel compelled to share some with you! Here is something that I find quite striking: at least fifteen buildings on the RPI campus were designed by alumni or their firms. I wonder if any other university [...]
100 years ago
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged centennial, Rensselaer, RPI campus, RPI history, Russell Sage Laboratory, Sage Lab on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are several centennials to mark this year at RPI so I’ve been doing a lot of research in the period 1907 to 1909. I just installed a new exhibit in the Folsom Library titled Russell Sage Laboratory 100 Years: A Glance Back at the Beginning. One hundred years ago this month, ground [...]
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