I found some old maps of the campus and figured out where the old HEPL building had been and how Andy had walked there from his dorm. (I can’t remember how I got there from my place in Palo Alto.)
I also found this old picture in the Stanford archives. Even though it’s a bit blurry we can figure out Andy’s dorm, HEPL, and the path he took. How cool is that?!
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Notice how much open space there was. We visited the campus about 18 years ago and already there were way too many buildings for us… we decided we didn’t want to go back. There are even more buildings now. I don’t have permission to show it, but here’s a link to a more recent aerial photo on Almy.
While writing this post I was curious to see the new quad that replaced HEPL and the physics lecture hall, but photos like this are just fine.
While I was searching for information I came across a picture of the inside of the old physics lecture hall we used. It brought back a powerful memory of one Friday morning that started an adventure that changed the course of my life. I’ll write about that tomorrow.
Januay 28, 2022
it’s late. but going to bed with a smile.
it’s fun to learn about someone’s life … a blast from their past!
looking forward to tomorrow’s post and the adventure that changed your life!
xo
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the open space certainly has disappeared, not just into more campus buildings but the surrounding city. And I guess as academic subjects increased, so did the buildings to house those ideas – that were just ideas but with the aid of technology more and more space required.
It’s a bit like the university I went to Auckland in the early 2000s – so much has already expanded since I was there. But what was fun to talk about in about y year 2 was the demise of a 2 story building that had two lecture theatres in – I had a lecture in the ground floor, if the class above went early and there was no lift – although an access for disabled off a kind of ramp. The whole screen and black board down stairs would jiggle about very badly…
It was demolished over summer one time and later when it was grassed, the footprint seemed so small…
That’s a great story! No wonder they demolished it.
good job. i looked at both links and the first one it looks like a city all by itself. it seems every 10 years things change drastically. Each time I visited savannah GA over the years, it was almost unrecognizable and I would almost get lost.
I know. The population keeps increasing, about 7.9 billion in the world now? So things get more crowded. Kaitlin says Palo Alto has a height limit of two stories, which makes it hard for builders but people get more sun. Around Cambridge the buildings are so tall you don’t get much light on the ground.
…and I look forward to the next segment.
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Wow that is a huge difference between then and now. I’m with you, far too many buildings around there now.
I look forward to hearing your memory tomorrow.
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Now you’re giving me ideas!
While I may not be able to physically return to the scene, the big wide WONDERFUL web has so many possibilities.
I can spend hours exploring. That is not a waste of time. 🙂
It is fun and sometimes a bit sad to see the changes. At home, there are houses in so many of the places I played in. Picture acres ad acres that we had the freedom to run in. And now they have a house here, and a house there.
I am looking forward to the next post, too.
Unfortunately a lot more houses are needed because of all the people. 🙁
You really know how to set a hook. Tomorrow….
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