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Crews work to improve campus landscape this summerBy Ruth Stevens Princeton NJ -- Crews were busy on the campus this summer completing a variety of landscaping projects. They included: • Replacing the walks in the Joline/Campbell courtyard with bluestone edged with cobblestone. This project was the continuation of a multi-year master plan to enhance the open spaces in the historic part of campus. Since summer 2000, University staff members have been collaborating with Quennell Rothschild & Partners of New York City, which developed the plan.
• Improving the area surrounding Alexander Hall by moving the dumpsters to a more concealed location built into the berm on the west side of the building and adding a service path to them. • Replacing the parking area on the west side of Dod Hall with a pedestrian plaza and drop-off area. "This really improves the view of Elm Drive as you look up or down the campus," Consolloy said. • Reconfiguring the walkways near New South to provide easier access to the parking garage from McCarter Theatre across University Place. The project involves adding some lighting and realigning the drives and parking lots south of New South as well. • Beginning some work surrounding the Carl Icahn Laboratory, a 90,000-square-foot building under construction that will house the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. A landscaped buffer will be placed between the new building and Washington Road. Eventually, a plaza with trees will be created between the Icahn Laboratory and the Lewis Thomas Laboratory to its north. • With the University Chapel restoration completed this spring, crews have been focusing on sprucing up the landscaping surrounding that building. Some plantings have been installed near the front of the chapel and work has begun on the area to the north near Firestone Library. The original plan for the area developed by Beatrix Farrand in the 1920s is being restored with its maple, holly and dogwood trees. The overgrown shrubbery in the Hibben Garden on the northeast corner of the chapel has been cleaned up and new paving material and plantings are being installed. • Across Washington Road, workers have been finishing the renovation of Scudder Plaza near Robertson Hall. The plaza is home to "Fountain of Freedom" by James Fitzgerald, one of the largest bronze castings of sculpture in the United States. The plaza's limestone, which was leaking, has been replaced with granite. The plumbing and lighting for the fountain have been redone. The magnolias and bench on the north side of the plaza remain, while locust trees will be installed at various places on the plaza, along with cafe tables and chairs. Shapiro Walk, which extends along the north side of the plaza from Washington Road to Olden Street, has been regraded so that it is more pedestrian-friendly and handicapped-accessible. |
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Editor: Ruth Stevens
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