Chris Churchill came away with some interesting bits about Edward Durell Stone's original plans for the uptown UAlbany campus -- as well as "surprising and unexpected beauty" -- during an architectural tour this past weekend. Elsewhere: J. Eric Smith on touring the campus as if it was post-apocalyptic. [TU Places and Spaces] [Indie Albany]
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I think that it is really easy to think of the UAlbany campus as post-apocalyptic either a) really early in the morning when most of the students are asleep, or b) in the middle of winter breaks, but before inter-session classes start. :)
Heck, I think it has an interesting post-modern industrial gothic look to it, but... I'm no architect. :)
... said Andy on Oct 12, 2011 at 12:32 PM | link
Another interesting campus tour with lots of photos:
http://urbanalbany.blogspot.com/2011/09/pedestrian-perspective-university-at.html
... said Lu on Oct 12, 2011 at 1:24 PM | link