The main part of campus (and the only part Brian and I have spent any significant time in) is located between 112th and 120th (NS) and between Broadway and Morningside (EW). That is the part of campus in the map below. The law school is on the eastern side of campus, at Amsterdam Ave and 116th. The subway station we use is marked on the map with a red 1. It is at Broadway and 116th. To get to the law school, Brian usually walks along College Walk, which is the part of 116th street that goes through campus (not a street on campus). The pictures that follow will primarily show the Greene Bldg (Law), as well as the above street overpass next to it, St. Paul's, and a few buildings on the central green area. The building I have been working in is the Mudd building (120th & Amsterdam), but I didn't take any pictures of it. All the orange arrows on the map show places that you can enter main campus from the street level. Okay, I think that is all the intro stuff, so on to the pictures.
The pictures start in the main green area. This is a building seen before on this blog, so it may be familiar. It is the old library, now administration building (Low Library on the map). Between this building and College Walk, there are a lot of steps. These steps are a very popular place for students to meet, sit, read, etc. Brian and I have spent some time sitting on these steps, working.
If you look a little further south, you will see College Walk. The main buildings in this picture are Dodge Miller Theatre (R) and the Journalism Bldg (L). College Walk leads between these two buildings, from the subway to the law school.
If we continue to pan south, now you can see across College Walk to the Butler Library, which is the main library on campus. I tried to go into it, but I needed to have a Columbia U ID card. I intend to look at their website to see if there is a way to get permission to go inside without the ID card, since it would be a good place to sit when it gets colder. This picture also shows the main green on campus. (The steps on the left of this picture go to the Kent Bldg.)
Okay, after taking those pics, I walked to the over-the-road campus connector close to the law school. I don't think Brian uses it a lot, but I think it is very cool. It leads from the third floor of the law school across Amsterdam Ave to the main campus. On the map, it shows as a green and cream rectangle over top of Amsterdam Ave. Anyway, from that connector, This picture shows St. Paul's, which I think is a really pretty chapel. It is not the only one on campus (I believe Earl is also a chapel, and there are a couple churches, perhaps one associated with the seminary, I don't know exactly), but it is the main one that I have seen several times.
This picture also shows St. Paul's. In this picture, you can only see the bottom end of the building, because I wanted to show the campus entrance from Amsterdam Ave. This is right by that orange arrow just north of the connector.
Amsterdam Ave, looking north, from the connector. On this connector, I feel like I am floating above the city, which is kind of cool.
If you look a little further south, you will see College Walk. The main buildings in this picture are Dodge Miller Theatre (R) and the Journalism Bldg (L). College Walk leads between these two buildings, from the subway to the law school.
If we continue to pan south, now you can see across College Walk to the Butler Library, which is the main library on campus. I tried to go into it, but I needed to have a Columbia U ID card. I intend to look at their website to see if there is a way to get permission to go inside without the ID card, since it would be a good place to sit when it gets colder. This picture also shows the main green on campus. (The steps on the left of this picture go to the Kent Bldg.)
Okay, after taking those pics, I walked to the over-the-road campus connector close to the law school. I don't think Brian uses it a lot, but I think it is very cool. It leads from the third floor of the law school across Amsterdam Ave to the main campus. On the map, it shows as a green and cream rectangle over top of Amsterdam Ave. Anyway, from that connector, This picture shows St. Paul's, which I think is a really pretty chapel. It is not the only one on campus (I believe Earl is also a chapel, and there are a couple churches, perhaps one associated with the seminary, I don't know exactly), but it is the main one that I have seen several times.
This picture also shows St. Paul's. In this picture, you can only see the bottom end of the building, because I wanted to show the campus entrance from Amsterdam Ave. This is right by that orange arrow just north of the connector.
Amsterdam Ave, looking north, from the connector. On this connector, I feel like I am floating above the city, which is kind of cool.
This is the exact same view as the previous picture. The main difference is that I backed up to the other side of the connector, so you can see how cool it is. It is mainly a lawn three stories in the air, with several statues.
Now I am standing in the same place, but I am starting to pan right (so away from north to the east). Here you can see the law school. The law school has the vertical stripes. Remember that we are on the third floor, so there are two more floors below this level of law school.
More law school, as I continue to pan east. This crazy-looking statue stands above the connector entrance. Brian and I sat outside in this area to eat lunch on Wednesday.
This shows basically the same view, but I backed up a little. I am standing between Kent and the Philosophy Bldg, shooting across the connector at the law school. See the cylindrical building in the lower right? That is also part of the law school (part of the street level entrance). That is what the last pic of the law school will show.
This is the street entrance to the law school (around the corner) at the corner of Amsterdam Ave and 116th St.
Well, that's it for now. Enjoy!
Now I am standing in the same place, but I am starting to pan right (so away from north to the east). Here you can see the law school. The law school has the vertical stripes. Remember that we are on the third floor, so there are two more floors below this level of law school.
More law school, as I continue to pan east. This crazy-looking statue stands above the connector entrance. Brian and I sat outside in this area to eat lunch on Wednesday.
This shows basically the same view, but I backed up a little. I am standing between Kent and the Philosophy Bldg, shooting across the connector at the law school. See the cylindrical building in the lower right? That is also part of the law school (part of the street level entrance). That is what the last pic of the law school will show.
This is the street entrance to the law school (around the corner) at the corner of Amsterdam Ave and 116th St.
Well, that's it for now. Enjoy!
4 comments:
Thanks for the interesting tour that could easily be followed using the map you posted. I didn't know that Barnard was so close to Columbia. What do you think of Columbia as compared to FSU and Wooster? From your pictures, Columbia's campus is such a remarkable place. You also mention working in a lab in the Mudd building--did you need to get special permission or are you using it as a member of the public?
dad Rick
Barnard is pretty closely associated with Columbia, but it is right next door, which was a bit of a surprise to me as well. Columbia is really tightly constrained, spacewise, by the city, so everything seems closer than on other campuses. Also, Columbia is designed to face inwards, I think. The buildings actually on the streets rise straight out of the sidewalk without any landscaping, and all the landscaping is on the interior of the campus. For example, lthough the Mudd building is right on the street, you cannot access it from the street. You need to enter the campus and access it from the inside (4th floor=entrance floor). I did have to get special permission to use the lab in the Mudd building, which I did by contacting the lab's PI and talking him into it. It wasn't too hard, since the work I am doing doesn't cost him any money and the machine I am using is not currently being used by anyone else.
Really enjoyed the photo tour--a visually striking campus. What denomination (if any) is St Paul's? (I haven't looked up the history yet.) It's fantastic that you've obtained access to that specialized GC data software!
Dad
Thanks for all the photos and especially the map! It's nice to see where you guys are at.
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