Observer: David P. Craig
Date: 12 September 2008
Location: Carnegie Building, Willamette University
Time: 1500-1515 hours
Weather: sunny and clear, close to 80 F

Today Willamette University dedicated the remodelling of the Carnegie Building's new function as a community law center with a plaque and visit from Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This building has had many functions since its construction (1912 I believe) and a variety of landscaping features. Today the great Burr Oak on the east side is the most dominating feature. I did a quick set of documentary photos of the plants there today with the aim of doing more in the next week and trying to match perspective with some of the photos inside the foyer. This set of photos is a collage of top row: the building's south side with red maple saplings, the great burr oak on the east side, a burr oak leaf fallen onto new sod; middle row: some lily relative (brodea?) fading in bloom and setting fruit, a bed of Japanese maple and perennials, a spruce or alpine fir with red flag reflected in the window; bottom row: the building's front looking east, historical photo when the building was a library, and today's commemorative marker.