My dear wife Karen and I walked from our car in the West lot to the University Sheraton to the Carrier Dome on Friday night to see two games in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen, East Region style.
I had my iPhone 6 out the whole way, even though I had posted my last assignment for Photo 101 earlier in the day. I am thoroughly bitten by the bug.
Much to my delight, I discovered Cheri’s post-class message with addendum suggestions when we returned home. I hope you enjoy some of the sights the crowds that walk the campus will discover again today when Louisville and Michigan State meet for a berth in next weekend’s Final Four.
Galleries from my journey:
Newhouse School salutes former student
Angling at the Dome
Big sky, brown and beige
Click all photos for cutlines. Click all bottom photos for an enlarged slide show.
Which of the photos do you like, and why? What strikes you about the Syracuse campus the most? Which building is your favorite, and why?
Mark Bialczak 
Of course I love them all, but I think you already knew I’d like the bottom one the best because it looks like a castle, and I’m a Renaissance kind of gal. 😉 Great job, Mark! 😀
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I know, dress-up lover. 😉
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Love the pics, especially the college castle!
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Thanks, Sadie. It’s a great setting sitting so high up on that hill. 🙂
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I liked the stairs through the reflected glass leading to the Dick Clark Studios and also, the castle photo, with the dark foreboding sky, Mark!
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Thanks, Robin. The stairs in Dick Clark’s studio I will love because of the importance to Dick Clark to our generation, Robin. And the castle photo, that sky really is something, I agree.
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Love the castle, not so much the brown and beige. But the maroon theme is nice, too. It matches my recliner perfectly!
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I’m glad to match your furniture decor, my fried. Ahhhhh. Comfort and joy. 🙂
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Every campus should have a castle.
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Can you imagine how many drunk freshmen would end up in the moat, Scott?
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We have a river running through our campus, so I have a rough idea of how many drunk freshmen would need to be pulled out.
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That last photo by far caught my eye for the longest time. Ominous building and then with the snow…wow. Daunting, yet I don’t know, possibly fanciful with a wisp of fairytale. Nice find, Chum.
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Thanks, Aud. Our Syracuse castle is eye-catching, certainly. 🙂
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What is the last photo a picture of? (Nice photos, btw).
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The last photo is Crouse College, which is the School of Music at Syracuse University, PJ. It’s full of classrooms and auditoriums. I’ve seen concerts there, and talked to many college classes about music journalism.
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Wow, that’s awesome! Thanks for telling me.
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The Gothic on the bottom, fersure!
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That’s the School of Music. You should see the cool auditorium in there. It’s like an old, hip church, Joey. I saw Ra Ra Riot in there, and it was alt-artsy.
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Awesome!
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Are all your followers such Big Romantics, favouring the Gothic final shot? Your set does seem to climax with that one, so I had a closer look at some of the others and was fascinated by the first amendment shot, there is a lot going on in that with the foreground, the sky and the cut-off reflection, but also much scope for re-editing and cropping to make a whole set in itself.
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I’m glad you took a look at that First Amendment photo, Roy. That is the side of the Newhouse School of Communications, so those words declaring our Freedom of the Press are precious to those within and without. Thanks for your close-up insight, my friend.
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ooh, i love the castle the best. you really have improved throughout the process of this course, and that can only be good. )
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Now I must perform consistently, Beth. Thank you!
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I like angling at the dome Mark, because I’m always drawn to reflections in buildings and water, etc., is that you reflected in the building shooting the photo? I also like the very last photo. The moody sky, the fact that it reminds me of our parliament building in Ottawa. ❤
Diana xo
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Nice urban shots, Mark!
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Thanks, Kate. It’s an interesting spot we have. 🙂
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Don’t even have to think twice, Mark. The last photo of Crouse College Castle wins by a landmark! What a sight to behold! Great shot, cuz! Way to go! Love, cuz from the west
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Thanks so much, Amy Rose. Crouse College is a treasure, isn’t it? 🙂
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Agreed!
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Love this bottom one. Looks like an old haunted castle which appeals to me for obvious reasons.
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Yes, I thought you would like this one, Marissa. It’s the Music College, too!
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Lots of heavy metal right? ha, ha
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All genres welcome, of course. 🙂
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Nice shots!
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Thank you, Susie. The class was very much worth my time.
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Hands down the last shot is my favorite. A big dark castle looking structure silhouetted against a gray sky. Very Gothic to me. As a matter of fact were you to cut out the autos it would be a great cover shot for a Romantic novel. The biggest thing I noticed about the Syracuse Campus was the newness of the buildings. Don’t you guys have any old ones?
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It’s part each. Very interesting walk, actually, Benson. Yu can chart the college’s growth. The castle is a campus building.
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