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| AMHERST WEEKEND |
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The picture above shows the dormitory where I stayed --
Knowlton Hall. The dormitory was un-airconditioned and I had a fourth floor room. It was very hot, but my
fan worked well.
To the left is the famous octagonal building at Amherst College. Amherst
is the classic New England college town -- lush green campuses, playing fields, eclectic architecture and scenic
country backroads just perfect for bicycling.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
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| University of Massachusetts |
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| Modern architecture of the music hall. |
The music hall of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst is
an architectural wonder. I marveled at the building's gravity-defying balance. The style is so typical of college
buildings constructed in the 1970's, when architects used poured concrete to make buildings that resembled the structures
little kids put together with their toy blocks. In contrast to such modernism, the Amherst Train Shed ,
not a railroad station, is a preserved national historic landmark, built in 1872. Emily Dickinson, the famous poet from
Amherst, must have spent hours waiting for trains there. She definitely could hear the trains rumbling,
whistling and screeching to a stop. Her home was just one block away at Triangle and Main.
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| Amherst, MA |
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| The railroad station is a national historic landmark. |
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