South Lawn - Revision history

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‎History of South Field

69.121.14.195 at 22:53, 4 October 2008

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Pacman at 19:11, 24 May 2007

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Reaganaut at 19:09, 24 May 2007

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Absentminded at 18:01, 3 April 2007

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Pacman at 18:18, 29 March 2007

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Pacman at 18:15, 29 March 2007

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Pacman at 18:11, 29 March 2007

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-[[Category:Athletics]]
+[[Category:Athletics facilities]]
-[[Category:Outdoor spaces on the Morningside Heights campus]]
+[[Category:Morningside Heights campus]]

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 [[Image:Southlawn.jpg|thumb|300px|Overview of the lawns from [[Ferris Booth Commons]]. Photo from [[The Bwog]]]]
-'''South Lawn''' refers to the two fields between [[Butler Library]] and [[College Walk]]. Access to the fields is signaled by flags posted at the corner of the field. Green flags signal an open field, red signal closed.  Sadly, the fields are almost always closed (or one of them is closed), as indicated by the red flags. In the winter, they're usually concealed (along with the other [[Lawn|lawns]]) by white tarps to protect them from the elements, so you can't even see them. They do this to make sure they look good for [[Commencement]], when the lawns are instead covered in sea of folding chairs. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.
+'''South Lawn''' refers to the two fields between [[Butler Library]] and [[College Walk]]. One gets to South Lawn from College Walk by descending the [[Rives Memorial Steps]].
-According to legend, royalties from the film ''Ghostbusters'' pays for the lawn's maintenance.
+Access to the fields is signaled by flags posted at the corner of the field. Green flags signal an open field, red signal closed.  Sadly, the fields are almost always closed (or one of them is closed), as indicated by the red flags. In the winter, they're usually concealed (along with the other [[Lawn|lawns]]) by white tarps to protect them from the elements, so you can't even see them. They used to do this to make sure the grass looked good for [[Commencement]], when the lawns are instead covered in sea of folding chairs. Recently, facilities has stopped putting chairs on the grass itself, instead first laying down interlocking boards to create an artificial "floor" that covers (and kills) all the grass. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.
 ==History of South Field==

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 In terms of historical campus geography, the term '''South Field''' referred to the empty land across 116th Street from [[Low Plaza]] down to 114th Street. Realizing that a) there wasn't enough space on the original campus footprint (116th Street to 120th Street) for the buildings that Columbia needed, and b) that the open vista that [[Charles McKim]] had envisioned Low Plaza opening onto had been filled up with newly constructed row-houses, the [[trustees]] decided to snap up the remaining land south of campus. They ended up paying $2 million for the two blocks south of 116th street, as much as they had paid for the four blocks north of it only 5 years before, and in order to finance the purchase, they had to sell off a block of the [[Upper Estate]] (the future site of [[Rockefeller Center]]).
-In addition to serving as the site new buildings, like [[Hamilton Hall]], and the [[Hartley Hall|Hartley]] and [[Wallach Hall|Wallack (then Livingston)]] dormitory buildings, South Field did in fact boast a "Field" for a number of years. The current lawns once formed a contiguous strip of grass upon which football matches and other sporting events were held. A football field was set up in the fall, and [[Lou Gerhig]] played baseball here in the springs. This came to an end with the acquisition/construction of [[Baker Field]].
+In addition to serving as the site new buildings, like [[Hamilton Hall]], and the [[Hartley Hall|Hartley]] and [[Wallach Hall|Wallach]] (then known as Livingston) dormitory buildings, South Field did in fact boast a "Field" for a number of years. The current lawns once formed a contiguous strip of grass upon which football matches and other sporting events were held. A football field was set up in the fall, and [[Lou Gerhig]] played baseball here in the springs. This came to an end with the acquisition/construction of [[Baker Field]].
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 '''South Lawn''' refers to the two fields between [[Butler Library]] and [[College Walk]]. Access to the fields is signaled by flags posted at the corner of the field. Green flags signal an open field, red signal closed.  Sadly, the fields are almost always closed (or one of them is closed), as indicated by the red flags. In the winter, they're usually concealed (along with the other [[Lawn|lawns]]) by white tarps to protect them from the elements, so you can't even see them. They do this to make sure they look good for [[Commencement]], when the lawns are instead covered in sea of folding chairs. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.
-The lawns were once known as '''South Field'''. They formed a contiguous strip of grass upon which football matches and other sporting events were held. A football field was set up in the fall, and [[Lou Gerhig]] played baseball here. This came to an end with the acquisition/construction of [[Baker Field]].
+According to legend, royalties from the film ''Ghostbusters'' pays for the lawn's maintenance.
-According to legend, royalties from the film ''Ghostbusters'' pays for the lawn's maintenance.
+==History of South Field==
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−	[[Image:Southlawn.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Photo from [[The Bwog]]]]	+	[[Image:Southlawn.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Overview of the lawns from [[Ferris Booth Commons]]. Photo from [[The Bwog]]]]

	'''South Lawn''' refers to the two fields between [[Butler Library]] and [[College Walk]]. Access to the fields is signaled by flags posted at the corner of the field. Green flags signal an open field, red signal closed. Sadly, the fields are almost always closed (or one of them is closed), as indicated by the red flags. In the winter, they're usually concealed (along with the other [[Lawn\|lawns]]) by white tarps to protect them from the elements, so you can't even see them. They do this to make sure they look good for [[Commencement]], when the lawns are instead covered in sea of folding chairs. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.		'''South Lawn''' refers to the two fields between [[Butler Library]] and [[College Walk]]. Access to the fields is signaled by flags posted at the corner of the field. Green flags signal an open field, red signal closed. Sadly, the fields are almost always closed (or one of them is closed), as indicated by the red flags. In the winter, they're usually concealed (along with the other [[Lawn\|lawns]]) by white tarps to protect them from the elements, so you can't even see them. They do this to make sure they look good for [[Commencement]], when the lawns are instead covered in sea of folding chairs. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.

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 [[Image:Southlawn.jpg|thumb|300px|Photo from [[The Bwog]]]]
-The two fields between [[Butler Library]] and [[College Walk]]. Almost always (or partially) closed, as indicated by the red flags. In the winter, they're usually concealed (along with the other [[Lawn|lawns]]) by white tarps to protect them from the elements, so you can't even see them. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.
+The two fields between [[Butler Library]] and [[College Walk]]. Almost always (or partially) closed, as indicated by the red flags. In the winter, they're usually concealed (along with the other [[Lawn|lawns]]) by white tarps to protect them from the elements, so you can't even see them. They do this to make sure they look good for [[Commencement]], when the lawns are instead covered in sea of folding chairs. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.
 Before the acquisition of [[Baker Field]], the area was used for athetic purposes. A football field was set up in the fall, and [[Lou Gerhig]] played baseball here as well.

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	The two fields between [[Butler Library]] and [[College Walk]]. Almost always (or partially) closed, as indicated by the red flags. In the winter, they're usually concealed by white tarps to protect them from the elements, so you can't even see them. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.		The two fields between [[Butler Library]] and [[College Walk]]. Almost always (or partially) closed, as indicated by the red flags. In the winter, they're usually concealed by white tarps to protect them from the elements, so you can't even see them. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.
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		+	Before the acquisition of [[Baker Field]], the area was used for athetic purposes. A football field was set up in the fall, and [[Lou Gerhig]] played baseball here as well.

	According to legend, royalties from the film ''Ghostbusters'' pays for the lawn's maintenance.		According to legend, royalties from the film ''Ghostbusters'' pays for the lawn's maintenance.