Posted by alexandra_k on August 20, 2018, at 18:40:36
In reply to Re: balance of power, posted by sigismund on August 19, 2018, at 18:45:40
that is the clocktower building at the university, here. it is pretty. it's where the university council members hang out. senior management people.
that's where i went to have this lady guffaw at me that i was going to do / wanted to do graduate research in *philosophy*, of all subjects.
it is a lovely building. there are lovely, historic buildings like that, scattered around the university. and around the town more broadly. some lovely churches and the like that were built early on -- becuase of the gold rush, yeah. and because of otago stone, which is a bit harder to come by these days and plenty expensive.
it is perhaps interesting that some of these older buildings have central heating systems installed. i don't know the dates of the central heating installation, honestly, but it's been around for quite some time.
i don't know when they managed to find it covered with snow, though. it snows up on the hills around the town (where I am - maybe 6 days per year?) but i've never seen it snow where the university is, down in the valley. icy, sure, but not snow.
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