The leaves are turning quickly, and soon the trees will be bare. Before that happens, I took a few more shots of campus:
Botany Pond, outside my building:
Fallen leaves in the pond:
Trees and stuff:
The administration building with coffee-bearing student:
Ivy/Virginia creeper/whatever on the outside of the building next door; taken from my lab
Finally, from inside my office, where a screen separates me from the real world:
Is Foster Hall still there? It’s on the Midway, on a corner. We used to sunbath on the fire balcony til caught. And go to movies on 63rd St. It was when RMH was the Head Man. We had wonderful survey courses with 6 hour exams. I was lucky to have the opportunity to study at the U of C.
None of the original buildings on the main quadrangle – including Foster – will ever be demolished. Some have been extensively remodeled. In the campus master plan, there was discussion about preserving the main quad as almost a museum – renovating them is so expensive. Foster is on 59th Street, the southeast corner of the Main Quad. Jerry is two blocks north of there on 57th.
I got to UofC in 1974. No movies on 63rd Street by then. I hope Woodlawn and South Shore will come back some day. UofC has stated to community groups that it will stay north of 61st. Maybe the BHO Presidential Library and Museum would go into Woodlawn. I think more likely is land the university has been buying along Garfield (55th St.) near the Dan Ryan Expressway.
For comparison, the Clinton Library is 2.5 times the size of the Main Quad. So no room for it in Hyde Park.
Nice!! Really like the second and last ones.
Is that a pin oak, Quercus palustris?
3rd pic is I think Red Maple, Acer rubrum, and I think the 4th is White Oak, Quercus alba, with maple in bkg.
I was a researcher in the neurosciences between 2002 and 2004. It’s a beautiful campus!
I wonder how many of Jerry’s escaped Drosophila you swatted away?!
Lovely!
In the penultimate photo, definitely not Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), which has palmately compound leaflets, hence the specific name. Nice pictures of a lovely campus!
it’s Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Beautiful. Very nice shots Jerry!
I especially like the last one shot through a screen. Interesting effect.
Yes. It and the fallen leaves picture are particularly striking.
The picture with the leaves in the pond would make a terrific jigsawpuzzle.
UofC is beautiful in the spring, summer and fall. But the winter – the Grey City can be very depressing.
Some good stuff there, Jerry. Must be nice to be so surrounded by color like that.
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Breathtaking. The last one reminds me of needlepoint.
What beauty! Thanks for sharing these.
I love the Fallen Leaves one the best…. it stirs memories of some famous classical painting….
As we head into a long hot dry summer in Western Australia, seeing these autumnal photos makes me both sad and happy.
Beautiful! I especially like the fallen leaves in the pond.