Walking around Yale

They have a nice campus although I think the architecture is sometimes over-the-top historical re-creationist. And not even American history, they are trying to be Oxford-on-the-sound or something. It was really fun to get the insider tour from Evan on a beautiful sunny Saturday. All of the undergrads are gone because it is the middle of spring break.

The biology building on Science Hill

More science buildings, I'm not sure which.

 

The Farmington Canal path through campus--it will be a long bike route once the outer reaches are done.

The outside of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

They have a glass tower of books in the middle, rather like the King's Collection at the British Library.

I really enjoyed this display of book endpapers.

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

There is the Yale main library--designed as a church of knowledge

Evan in his place

Very scholarly gargoyles

An inner courtyard, probably at Bramford College

More Oxfordian architecture

The overwrought tower--Frank Llyod Wright famously preferred to stand inside so he wouldn't have to look at it!

Another green

The main lounge at Branford College where Evan is an Affiliated Graduate Student

Escaping the gates

Here's their seal

Now this is the oldest building on campus. Cool Federalist architecture! Why did they abandon it? Appropriately enough this is the Philosophy building.

It's a carved puppy detailing a pillar.

The courtyard of the law school. 

Feet on flagstones.

A different attempt at building a college. This was supposed to have ivy-covered walls but ivy doesn't like the mortar they used! So this block sticks out like a sore thumb. 

Bye Yale! Nice to see you.