For Any College, Where Is the Most Defining Place on Campus?

[TomSrOfBoston]

Krentzman Quad, Northeastern University

[TomSrOfBoston]

Marsh Plaza, Boston University

[DW98]

Bard College
There are many beautiful spots on campus but I would say that Blithewood is special with its garden and amazing views. At least when I was there, it was common to meet up with people to watch the sunset. People would also read and hang out in the walled garden. The waterfall on campus also great.

[HazeGrey]

Too many to choose from at Oxford. The Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College in one.

https://images.app.■■■■■■/q5V2mh8wzC2aUUqv7

[merc81]

I believe that’s the part of Oxford that Hardy describes in Jude the Obscure.

[HazeGrey]

There is a Jude the Obscure pub on Walton Street in Jericho just past Worcester College.

[Catcherinthetoast]

Brown

Harvard

Duke

Vassar

[HazeGrey]

I thought it was this for Vassar…

[merc81]

For a single representative place at Vassar, I’d say the shade of its London plane tree, around which walking paths intersect, and from which several key buildings can be be seen:

[Catcherinthetoast]

As a Vassar alum I would agree, both photos I offered were taken from close proximity to that tree plus the chapel and Rockefeller Hall. A very special spot. Good call!

Your photo however doesn’t capture the branch that was previously listed in the Guineas Book.

[cquin85]

@merc81

For this topic, I can say that the intent was to seek opinions on what might be the place on campus that is most representative of the entirety of the campus, such as a place near the center of academic or residential activity, or from which much of the campus can be seen. Stated another way, this might be the place most thought of if the question were “Where is X college?” and the reply would be “You’re at X college.”

Fun thread. Many of the schools I’ve been to and with which I’m most familiar will be a challenge in that they all have a fairly eclectic collection of architecture and more than one “iconic” view or place.

I’ll give it a go for a few, though some of my, my wife’s and my children’s alma maters are already covered:

University of Washington:

You know you’re there when you’re in Red Square and looking down the Rainier Vista. The quad with cherry blossoms comes in a close second.

Wesleyan, for me, is College Row: an image of Wesleyan that has been pretty consistently used throughout its history, as evidenced by:

Still leaves out some busy places and other landmark buildings, but when I think of Wes, I think of this.

Even though covered by @Catcherinthetoast , I can’t help but indulge a repeat of the VW Gates, one of my very top favorite campus places anywhere. If you don’t know where you are when you’re here, I can’t help you.

I’d say the same for this spot. If you don’t know where you are here, you’re indeed lost:

[circuitrider]

Ah, my bad. I’ve actually never seen the Long Walk photographed from that angle before.