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Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« on: August 12, 2007, 01:07:17 PM »
I've seen a number of them and I'd have to say Denison would be tough to top, but I'm willing to give others a chance.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2007, 01:10:57 PM »
Kenyon College.  I'd say that Denison is a pretty close second.
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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2007, 01:16:13 PM »
I haven't been to very many of them but out of all the ones I've seen, I have to say Cincinnati for the architecture. I didn't really like BGSU, Ohio State is nice but its so big, it depends on what part of campus you're talking about. Miami's is beautiful.
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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2007, 01:33:16 PM »
Wittenburg. :lol: Well, maybe.

Miami is beautiful and without any 60's crap, but the architecture isn't fantastic.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2007, 01:37:49 PM »
KENT!

hahaha. I can say that cuz I went there.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2007, 02:09:12 PM »
I have a conflict of interest on this topic, so I will recuse myself from the discussion.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2007, 02:12:10 PM »
Who doesn't have a conflict of interest? lol Your avatar is making me want skyline. The one in Columbus closes way too early!
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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2007, 02:48:35 PM »
Kenyon College.

Second place, Denison.

Third place, Glen Helen/Antioch...until next year :(.

For large colleges, Miami University has the "prettiest," though OU has some nice areas too.
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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2007, 02:53:18 PM »
Tri-C's Metro Campus, of course!  Brutalism is in again, afterall.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2007, 04:18:09 PM »
Toledo actually has a surprising nice campus, especially the core area along Bancroft near UHall.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2007, 04:54:52 PM »
if you want a campus starchitecture tour try oberlin for the old masters and cincinnati for the latest.

otherwise, if i had to choose just one i tend to agree with evryone else on kenyon.

if you want to see some live music on campus my fav place is wittenberg....sometimes they would bring out sandwiches and stuff after shows in the fieldhouse. very private school cute!

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2007, 04:56:46 PM »
Miami and Dayton, everything is brick.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2007, 11:31:20 PM »
AGREE WITH MIAMI!
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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2007, 01:19:35 AM »
I really like the setting of OU.  I can't say I've been to many other colleges in Ohio, aside from UC and OU.  Xavier has one of the worst however.  The brown and poorly executed medieval motif, coupled with the modest bungalows containing the finance office or the department of american studies or whatever makes for a pretty poor showing.

Tri-C's Metro Campus, of course!  Brutalism is in again, afterall.

I've found that in general I enjoy the Brutalist style.  Though would UC's Crosely Tower count as brutalist?  I don't think so.  I don't enjoy that building.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2007, 01:24:10 AM »
I think it depends more so on your tastes in architecture....beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 

I, for one, don't care for the ideallyic campus setting...blech.

To each their own  :drunk:

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2007, 03:44:25 AM »
UC needs more trees, but so do a lot of other schools that are mostly new buildings.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2007, 04:02:53 AM »
I am biased but I am going with  OU, the  campus combined with uptown Athens and the hills can't be beat. The only downside are the South green buildings for the 70's that don't quite fit.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #17 on: August 13, 2007, 04:21:29 AM »
Progressive's Wilson Mills campus   :roll:
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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2007, 04:29:58 AM »
I personally think Case has a very beautiful campus.  I don't know how it compares to other ones in the state, though, because I haven't visited many.
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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2007, 04:42:25 AM »
I'd say that Case has a very unique campus. It has too many ugly buildings to really qualify as beautiful campus. But if you consider all the non-campus buildings in the area, then I see your point.
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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2007, 08:44:44 AM »
I always thought Raymond Walters was special....

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2007, 02:32:49 PM »
If you forget that there are Northside dorms, Case has a wonderful campus...have they torn those dorms down yet?

But even as wonderful as it is, there are lots of prettier campuses in the state - lots of them...though toss in Severence Hall, the Lagoon and the Art Museum, and that's a tough trio to beat...

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #22 on: August 13, 2007, 02:56:49 PM »
If you forget that there are Northside dorms, Case has a wonderful campus...have they torn those dorms down yet?

They have not torn them down yet. (its on one of those gosh darn master plans, which they just updated in the last year and I haven't looked at yet).

Have you seen the new Ones they built on E. 115th where the football fields used to be?

Case Mather Quad, Yay.
Case South Quad, 1960s monstrosities.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2007, 04:45:23 PM »
It'd be interesting to see these recent updates.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2007, 11:43:46 PM »
Have you seen the new Ones they built on E. 115th where the football fields used to be?

No...but then, I went there for two years and never saw the football fields...

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« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2007, 12:32:21 PM »
Tri-C western

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« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2007, 12:48:29 PM »
UC is my favorite.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #27 on: September 12, 2007, 03:43:04 PM »
Athens, OH

I've been to most colleges in Ohio at some point or another...Athens wins hands down...the trees and the hills are great.

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« Reply #28 on: September 12, 2007, 03:52:47 PM »
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« Reply #30 on: September 12, 2007, 03:57:29 PM »
UC is my favorite.

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Re: Who has the prettiest campus in Ohio?
« Reply #31 on: September 12, 2007, 04:01:28 PM »
UC is my favorite.

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« Reply #33 on: September 12, 2007, 04:20:41 PM »
I find Ohio State's Columbus campus to be very pretty and clean.  I also really like the urban feel of it.

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« Reply #34 on: September 12, 2007, 04:22:14 PM »
^The south side is nice; the north side is trash.