Vassar '73. These weren't built yet. I got lucky during room draw and drew the biggest room on campus-a single over main entrance to Jewett and had ivy covered windows. It was so large, we used to have dance parties there🎉
They are absolutely fine. My point is that when taking a campus tour, it's important to get beyond the "marquee" buildings and see both the pretty bits and the uglier bits.
I attended the school in the late '80s. When I started there it was a beautiful place. In 1986 we had a new President installed, and she was an architectural historian, from Harvard, of all places. She ruined the campus. I visited several times after graduation. The last time I visited was the summer of 2009, and I was shocked at how horrible the place looked. The iron street lamps had been replaced by some cheap black metal pieces of junk. All the enormous, tall pine trees near the tennis courts/parking lot/Joss Dorm had been cut down, with nothing to replace them (this lack of sensibility about the beauty of trees in residential, commercial, and public architecture has been a HUGE problem for decades now). All these new buildings and additions had been thrown on top of each other without any sense for proportion and patterned distancing between buildings. They added some crazy thing to the library which completely ruined it. It was a huge disappointment. During that visit I stopped at the local supermarket and bumped into my college advisor. He told me that many of the faculty were disappointed with what had been done. It's a real shame. I had employment that allowed me to visit many colleges around the country, and I visited some really beautiful campuses. You mention Smith --- my wife attended Smith and it indeed was a stunning campus which, in the early '90s at least, had maintained architectural integrity. Miami University in Oxford, OH, was really beautiful. Ohio University was very nice. Stanford was great.
If you're looking at just the architecture in isolation --- abstracting it from the grounds and physical surroundings --- there are two buildings on campus that are underrated. Most students dislike them when they live on campus, as did I. But after maturing and developing a sense for architecture, I really appreciate them today. Those buildings are Noyes Dorm, and Ferry House. Noyes was designed by Saarinen, a renowned architect. He designed Miller House, in Columbus, IN. Miller House has a sunken seating area just like Noyes has in its lobby. Ferry is the Cooperative house, and it was designed by renowned architect Marcel Breuer -- beautiful design.
Vassar ‘74 here. This is BS. So you don’t like some of the student housing. What about the academic buildings, the library, the athletic building, etc ? You could have made a 2-hour video and included interviews with students and dorm room visits. Ridiculous video.
Vassar '73. These weren't built yet. I got lucky during room draw and drew the biggest room on campus-a single over main entrance to Jewett and had ivy covered windows. It was so large, we used to have dance parties there🎉
Not sure what the problem is. Those look absolutely fine to me.
They are absolutely fine. My point is that when taking a campus tour, it's important to get beyond the "marquee" buildings and see both the pretty bits and the uglier bits.
Oh goodness, I go here, and this was recommended to me. This is hilarious. Thank you.
Thank you! I like making people chuckle!
I attended the school in the late '80s. When I started there it was a beautiful place. In 1986 we had a new President installed, and she was an architectural historian, from Harvard, of all places. She ruined the campus.
I visited several times after graduation. The last time I visited was the summer of 2009, and I was shocked at how horrible the place looked. The iron street lamps had been replaced by some cheap black metal pieces of junk. All the enormous, tall pine trees near the tennis courts/parking lot/Joss Dorm had been cut down, with nothing to replace them (this lack of sensibility about the beauty of trees in residential, commercial, and public architecture has been a HUGE problem for decades now). All these new buildings and additions had been thrown on top of each other without any sense for proportion and patterned distancing between buildings. They added some crazy thing to the library which completely ruined it. It was a huge disappointment. During that visit I stopped at the local supermarket and bumped into my college advisor. He told me that many of the faculty were disappointed with what had been done. It's a real shame.
I had employment that allowed me to visit many colleges around the country, and I visited some really beautiful campuses. You mention Smith --- my wife attended Smith and it indeed was a stunning campus which, in the early '90s at least, had maintained architectural integrity. Miami University in Oxford, OH, was really beautiful. Ohio University was very nice. Stanford was great.
I dated a girl at Mt. Holyoke --- loved the campus.
If you're looking at just the architecture in isolation --- abstracting it from the grounds and physical surroundings --- there are two buildings on campus that are underrated. Most students dislike them when they live on campus, as did I. But after maturing and developing a sense for architecture, I really appreciate them today. Those buildings are Noyes Dorm, and Ferry House. Noyes was designed by Saarinen, a renowned architect. He designed Miller House, in Columbus, IN. Miller House has a sunken seating area just like Noyes has in its lobby. Ferry is the Cooperative house, and it was designed by renowned architect Marcel Breuer -- beautiful design.
Haha that is literally my apartment as a senior he's standing in front of. It wasn't too bad.
Ha ha...Yes, those dorms are not the most attractive residences. It kind of looks like a dated summer camp in New York State! ;)
These dorms are by no means ugly, but for the money they charge I would expect upscale residences.
Yea The Terrace Apartments in the middle of those nicer ones are ugly. Old Junky Carpets.
Vassar ‘74 here. This is BS. So you don’t like some of the student housing. What about the academic buildings, the library, the athletic building, etc ? You could have made a 2-hour video and included interviews with students and dorm room visits. Ridiculous video.
Glorified double wide trailers! LOL!
glad you like that one!
I did! Thanks!
Class snobbery. Nice. Just think of those poor Vassar students.