Day 237 - The beautiful campus of... UNB???

I have been trying to find a way to get a nice photograph of the campus of the University of New Brunswick. Just about everyone who visits UNB says that it has a beautiful campus and it does. Getting a long-distance photo that conveys that beauty, however, isn't so easy.

I'm fairly happy with this shot, taken from the North Side of the St. John River. I like the way the rusting walking bridge provides a foundation for the many red-brick buildings of the campus. As much as I like this picture, however, I'm a little disappointed that it doesn't include any of the university's signature buildings, like the original "Old Arts" building, the Student Union Building and the new Currie Centre.

Many of the buildings you see to the top right of this photo are, in fact, not on the UNB campus at all: they're part of St. Thomas University. Interesting: the best shot I could get of UNB is actually mostly of St. Thomas.

Day 121 - Spelling Error

The University of New Brunswick is justifiably proud of its new athletics edifice, made possible by the generosity of the Currie family. Located at the north east corner of the Fredericton campus, this new centre for kinesiology, recreation and related research is a beautifully designed building and an architectural showpiece.

It's too bad that an institution of higher education like the University doesn't take as much pride in its own ability to spell. As you can see from this photograph, the building bears a large-lettered sign on its west wall proclaiming to the world that it is the "Richard J. Currie Center". Unfortunately, in Canada, the final word in that name is properly spelt "Centre".

You can make all the arguments you want, the fact of the matter is that this is an error. Maybe even a typo. It's a bit embarrassing, don't you think, for a University to have a massive typo on its wall?

The photograph itself is quite nice, with the trees in the foreground framing the distant building. It's just a snapshot, really, but when you have lovely subjects to photograph you don't need to do much to make them look good.