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Large crowds of prospective students today (some high school students have the day off). Wish the weather was a little better for them.about 20 hours agofrom Seesmic
Tried the burrito station at the Pavilion XI dining hall for the first time (it's new this semester). Loving my veggie salad!about 20 hours agofrom Seesmic
Does the University Program Council have triplets on it? Three of the guys working this show look a lot alike.5:13 PM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
Waiting for concert to start and am seeing multiple students working on papers on their laptops. Guess it's hard to go out on a Tuesday.4:49 PM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
The terrace between The Lawn and the South Lawn is the size of a football field.9:59 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
Future Alderman dorms will have smaller building footprints, but buildings will be five stories tall to accomodate 1000 extra students.9:57 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
UVA and Cville team up to make certain improvements. UVA helped pay for change in intersection of Main Street and Jefferson Park Avenue.9:54 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
UVA went beyond environmental requirements when John Paul Jones Arena was built. Great to hear!9:52 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
There are more landscape architects in Office of University Architect than architects!9:51 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
Student asks why 2 trees were taken down. Neuman says they were they were damaging building and weren't the right species for that site.9:50 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
Perhaps the reason this place feels big sometimes is because we have so much green space and don't squish things in.9:48 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
13% of ground in the South Lawn project will be covered by the building footprints.9:46 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
Only 10% of the ground area is covered by building footprints. Pretty amazing. We can go a little higher, but density is a factor.9:45 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
There are very specific sites that are "redevelopment zones" which will help us take on the yearly growth dictated by the state.9:40 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
One of Olmstead's followers created the first landscape architectural plan for UVa.9:38 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific
Just as the do today for the first few days of class, the original students "shopped" for classes by standing outside collonades.9:35 AM Nov 10thfrom Twitterrific