Monday, April 02, 2007
Princeton photo of the day...
I was rooting around my laptop over the weekend and found this aerial photograph of the Princeton campus, taken by a friend of mine from a private plane in the summer of 2005. For the miniscule number of you who did not go to Princeton but are nevertheless interested in this photograph, the building with the white columns is the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The building with half-timber construction in the upper left-hand corner is the glorious Tiger Inn. Nothing else much matters.
6 Comments:
By 
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Tue Apr 03, 11:03:00 AM:
Ok, I'll bite. I'd have to include the University Chapel as an important structure since I was married there by Dean Earnest Gordon, survivor of the Bataan Death March, with the organ played by Carl Weinrich in what I've been told was one of his last performances. My late father-in-law was also a fairly well-known musician at the Curtis Institute of music in Philly which is why Efram Zimbalist attended.
The Woody Wilson School was designed by Minoru Yamasaki architect of the World Trade Center and completed in 1964 or thereabouts. The building behind it on Prospect Street, Corwin Hall, was moved off Washington Road to make room for it.
Of course, TH was only talking about structures in the picture and since the E'Quad was not included, could not have shown the most important buildings on campus. Alas my eating club only survived my graduation by a year or two and subsequently became Stevenson Hall.
JLW III '67
By 
Escort81, at
Tue Apr 03, 01:44:00 PM:
Since SportsProf has not yet posted here, I will point out that across from Tiger Inn, in the top right of the photo (once it is enlarged), the discerning eye can see the wonderful McKim, Mead & White-designed University Cottage Club, which can be thought of as kind of like Tiger, except in a nicer building, with better food and without Trees & Trolls.
I am not sure whether JLW III '67 was a Key & Seal member or a Court Club member (which both became part of Stevenson, as I understand it), but my father was Key & Seal '37, and I recently discovered his section photo in his attic.
By , at
Wed Apr 04, 07:04:00 AM:
Yes, it was Key & Seal. Court folded in 1964 and Key & Seal in 1969. Key & Seal was known for two things. First, our club steward was Judson Culbeth who came to work as a busboy shortly after the founding of the club in 1911. He married the steward's daughter and in 1923 took from his father in law. He stayed until the end and moved on to do part time work at Cloister Inn. Second, during my stay I was fortunate to get to know RGM '66 known to all alumni of that era as Tiny.
JLW III '67
By TigerHawk, at
Wed Apr 04, 07:15:00 AM:
FWIW, both my father and step-father were Key & Seal, '57 and '56, respectively. Sophmore year I belonged to Stephenson Hall. Of course, I usually ate in the "Court Club" side, but occasionally ate at Key & Seal, which was the Kosher side.
By , at
Wed Apr 04, 09:57:00 AM:
One last thing and then I'll go. Since this blog is frequented by many Princetonians, I'd like you all to do me a favor. The next time you make contact with the U-store please ask them to stock a Princeton oriented cummerbund and bow tie set. I asked the Princetoniana manager several years ago to do so, and he refused saying that there wasn't enough demand.
JLW III '67
By , at
Wed Apr 04, 10:01:00 AM:
I should have looked before I leapt. The U-Store web site has them now.
JLW III '67
