On Saturday we took advantage of a gorgeous day to walk around Younger Daughter’s future home starting in mid-August: The University of Pittsburgh, fondly known to us as Pitt.
Our purpose: to find the location of all of YD’s classes. My discovery: Pitt has loads of light fixtures. My camera thought they were interesting.
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A few blocks away from the center of campus |
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From the bottom of the steps on Forbes, heading up to Holland dorm and Litchfield Towers dorms. |
Pitt is a vertical campus. At the center of campus is the Cathedral ofLearning. My daughter informs me that “everyone
calls it Cathy”. But I shall call it “Hogwarts.”
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WHY is there this little traffic light on the sidewalk outside the Cathedral of Learning?! |
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A suitably ancient looking light fixture outside the Cathedral |
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See - when you go inside, you can tell it's really Hogwarts. |
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Light fixtures of the Cathedral of Learning Commons Room |
The Cathedral of Learning has these “nationality rooms" which are each decorated in the style of a particular nationality. My daughter
is going to have a class in The Austrian Room, with
these light fixtures! Just try and concentrate on academics in there, surrounded by all that Austrian glam.
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Chandeliers in the Austrian Room |
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Outside the Cathedral of Learning |
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Natural light fixture in the sky |
Now we head over to Clapp Hall, where most of
the biology classes are.
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Regal-looking light fixture outside Clapp Hall |
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Inside Clapp Hall, the light fixtures are more modern-like. That's the Common Household Husband and Younger Daughter, making a rare appearance on the blog. |
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I forget where this one is. SOOO many light fixtures! |
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Outside Alumni Hall |
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A different sort of light |
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At the front door of Alumni Hall |
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This might not be an actual light fixture. We decided to call it "The Sphere of Influence". |
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, and lamp post |
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Lamp posts on the plaza outside Litchfield Towers |
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The pedestrian bridge over Forbes Avenue |
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And finally, the "Forbes Digital Plaza". I think this looks more interesting at night, and at Christmas. |
Lucem Accepimus, Lucem Demus – “We
received light, let us give light” – is the
motto of my high school (the oldest extant public all-girls high
school in the United States).
I think that motto could also apply to this
campus.
May the light of knowledge carry YD forward.