Picture This: Play the “Where is it Wednesday” Game
Where Is It Wednesday
Each Wednesday for the past few years, the College has been having a little fun by trying to “stump” its Facebook friends with images of not-too-obvious yet familiar campus “markers.” Here are some of our favorites. How many can you identify?
1. The groundbreaking for this building was on August 4, 1879.
2. This fixture is located in a building named for Bryn Mawr’s second president.
3. This window lives in one of the first two buildings built for Bryn Mawr’s campus.
4. This building is named for a member of the Class of 1898 who also served as the dean of Radcliffe and Bryn Mawr’s third president.
5. This structure is made of Cor-Ten steel.
6. This tile work is associated with a building originally called “Cottage Number One.”
7. This appendage is located in a building originally referred to only as “the Library.”
8. This building was built to be the president’s house.
Answers:
1) Taylor attic; 2) A thermostat in Thomas; 3) A staircase landing in Merion; 4) A stairwell in the Park Science Building; 5) “The Splendid Silence of the Sun,” a sculpture by Jean Boutellis at the steps leading to Taft Garden;
6) The entrance to Merion; 7) A chandelier in Thomas Great Hall; 8) The stairwell in Cartref leading to the controller’s office. See the Online Bulletin for complete pictures.