Matt BlazeCathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, 2023.
All the pixels, learning optional, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/52977939495/
Captured with the Rodenstock 50mm Digaron lens and about 13mm of vertical shift to maintain the geometry (but several architectural features - setbacks and tapers in the building design - still make it appear to converge toward the top).
Pittsburgh's 42 story "Cathedral of Learning" houses offices and classrooms for the University of Pittsburgh. Completed in 1937, it took 11 years to construct. It remains the tallest academic building in the US.
The lobby is also gorgeous, and worth a visit.
I really like the concept (and execution here) of a secular cathedral. It satisfies our urge to build great monuments without the requirement to accept any particular dogma.
JohnMashey@mattblaze
I remember it well from late 2960s… but for running Fortran programs on Pitt’s IBM 7090.
I remember it well from late 2960s… but for running Fortran programs on Pitt’s IBM 7090.
arclight@JohnMashey @mattblaze Aside: simh's 7090 emulator works reasonably well if you're struck by inexplicable pangs of nostalgia: https://opensimh.org/simdocs/i7090_doc.html
@JohnMashey @mattblaze Fortran has improved substantially in the intervening half century; it doesn't seem to inspire the same nostalgia as Forth or BASIC. More like whooping cough or cholera.
I will say that it's incredibly cool that we can simulate setting up and running 7090 jobs and contrast modern and legacy workflows.
@arclight
Bob Supnick & co have done a nice job with simh.
Bob Supnick & co have done a nice job with simh.
Chuck@mattblaze Is it just me or does that angle make it look like it is leaning slightly to the right (it's left)?
@ChuckMcManis The angles are a monster. None of the lines are actually vertical.