UCCS

Yesterday I went to my alma mater to stroll around and see how things have changed. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is way too much to say/write/type, so everyone just calls it UCCS, and some people call it Cragmor -- in fact, that general area of town is known as Cragmor. Every now and then I find myself at UCCS, mostly to visit the fantastic art gallery (called the GOCA), but I haven't actually purposefully explored the campus on foot in decades! Of course all of the old buildings that I remember from my student days are still there, and a few more have been added. The oldest building, Main Hall (seen in the photo below), has been completely given over to administrative offices. It was once a tuberculosis sanatorium, a century or more ago. I remember having classes in that old building and wondering if it was haunted!

Since the school is currently between semesters, I was able to: A) immediately get a great parking spot, something that would normally be considered an act of God; and B) get photographs of the place looking almost completely deserted. Which was just plain weird! But I like the school with no one there. Nice and peaceful.