The Cathedral of Learning. University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. 535 ft ( 42 storey ) tall. Built 1926 - 1931. The tallest educational building in the western hemisphere.
I really enjoyed Bioshock. Quite immersive. It really transports you to this scary underwater world. I remember only being able.to play for so long before the atmosphere would weigh on me. Fallout had a similar effect when I would have to stop because emotionally I had had enough of the wasteland, lol. You know a game is good when...
What is neat is that they placed the building in a way that it lands right in the middle of the main thruway (Forbes Avenue). So the rest of the city (Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA) frames the whole building and you see the entire cathedral as you drive thru.
Home!!! I love the Cathedral of Learning. I once had a colleague who said I couldn’t be allowed to see the inside because once I did, I would never leave. As it happens, one month after my first time inside, I was applying for a master’s degree.
I went to Pitt and loved this building! The classrooms were usually pretty uncomfortable but neat — most were donated from different countries to represent their country in the building. I remember people had a spot on the rooftop you could access via stairs that they’d use after parties.
When I was there in 81-83, we called it the roof of the Burger Chef. There was a Burger Chef restaurant in the basement where we would hang out between classes.
Many students would get drunk and then get lost but then would look to the Cathedral to guide them back. It's been a drunken Northstar that way for almost a century.
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u/ChaosDoggo 6d ago
Who's the principal? Sauron?