I'm struggling a bit to determine the next Big East university campuses element to "assess." I'm hoping to post by weekend's end and am considering number of buildings per main campus (that might prove interesting in a way).

As always, folks are free to offer suggestions.

We now turn out attention to spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus. I will attempt to offer a number — using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki — that is as accurate as possible. The number will include athletic facilities only if they are "indoors" (so arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc.). I am not counting parking garages.

First, and moving from East to West (as always), Providence College:

Approximately 40 to 45 buildings.

Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc. I am not counting parking garages. I will keep a running total, also.

Moving from East to West (as always), we first "visited" Providence College. Today, the University of Connecticut.

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings.

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings.

Interesting idea. The urban/suburban/slightly rural (in UCONN’s case) surely will have an impact as will the size of the school.

I can’t wait to see how you approximate Georgetown; I don’t think I’d come within 5. There are a bunch of university owned properties including classroom buildings, some admin buildings, residence halls and a few dozen row houses which are part of GU’s housing lottery program. The couple maps I’ve looked at haven’t been entirely accurate.

Another thought I had was how are you considering cases where grad schools or certain other programs that are part of the main school, but not a part of or closely attached to the main campus? For example, our law school is located a few miles away in downtown DC. If I recall correctly, UCONN’s med school is on the opposite site of the Hartford metro from Storrs.

Looking forward to it!

(07-25-2021 09:13 PM)VCE Wrote:  Interesting idea. The urban/suburban/slightly rural (in UCONN’s case) surely will have an impact as will the size of the school.

I can’t wait to see how you approximate Georgetown; I don’t think I’d come within 5. There are a bunch of university owned properties including classroom buildings, some admin buildings, residence halls and a few dozen row houses which are part of GU’s housing lottery program. The couple maps I’ve looked at haven’t been entirely accurate.

Another thought I had was how are you considering cases where grad schools or certain other programs that are part of the main school, but not a part of or closely attached to the main campus? For example, our law school is located a few miles away in downtown DC. If I recall correctly, UCONN’s med school is on the opposite site of the Hartford metro from Storrs.

Looking forward to it!

I was a bit surprised by the number of buildings on the UConn campus. UC will clearly have the most buildings of all the Big East campuses — and it's understandable why (given its large enrollment and suburban setting). Not sure which will have the fewest but it might be Saint John's.

I don't count any buildings that are not located on the main campus. So the UConn med school building is not a part of the overall number.

Georgetown will, indeed, be tricky in that the university seemingly owns some buildings that (as you note) might not be on sites located contiguously to the main campus. I likely won't get a very accurate number for GU.

Conversely, Creighton will be easy to calculate.

I've been "studying" college campuses via Google Maps and Google Streetview for many years. It's something I've long enjoyed. And when the campuses are located in urban settings (as is the case with six of the 11 Big East universities), I find them doubly fascinating.

Good to hear you are enjoying this, VCE. And go, Hoyas.

Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc. I am not counting parking garages. I will keep a running total, also.

Moving from East to West (as always), we have "visited" Providence College and the University of Connecticut. Now we look at Saint John's University in Queens, N.Y.

Number of SJU buildings: Approximately 25

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings.

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings.

Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc.
I am not counting parking garages. I will keep a running total, also.

Moving from East to West (as always), we have "visited" Providence College, the University of Connecticut and Saint John's University. We now spotlight Seton Hall University.

Number of Seton Hall buildings: Approximately 45

Saint John's: Approximately 25 buildings

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings

Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc. I am not counting parking garages. Also, I am keeping a running total.

Moving from East to West (as always), we have "visited" Providence College, the University of Connecticut, Saint John's University, and Seton Hall University. We now spotlight Villanova University.

Number of Villanova buildings: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Seton Hall: Approximately 45 buildings

Saint John's: Approximately 25 buildings

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings

Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc. I am not counting parking garages. Also, I am keeping a running total.

Moving from East to West (as always), we have "visited" Providence College, the University of Connecticut, Saint John's University, Seton Hall University and Villanova University. We now spotlight Georgetown University. (Note: GU owns many townhouses located near the campus; I do not include those.)

Number of Georgetown buildings: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Villanova: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Seton Hall: Approximately 45 buildings

Saint John's: Approximately 25 buildings

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings

Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc. I am not counting parking garages. Also, I am keeping a running total.

Moving from East to West (as always), we have "visited" Providence College, the University of Connecticut, Saint John's University, Seton Hall University, Villanova University and Georgetown University. We now spotlight Xavier University.

Number of Xavier buildings: Approximately 60 to 65 buildings

Georgetown: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Villanova: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Seton Hall: Approximately 45 buildings

Saint John's: Approximately 25 buildings

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings

(08-22-2021 07:44 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc. I am not counting parking garages. Also, I am keeping a running total.

Moving from East to West (as always), we have "visited" Providence College, the University of Connecticut, Saint John's University, Seton Hall University and Villanova University. We now spotlight Georgetown University. (Note: GU owns many townhouses located near the campus; I do not include those.)

Number of Georgetown buildings: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Villanova: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Seton Hall: Approximately 45 buildings

Saint John's: Approximately 25 buildings

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings

I gave up even trying to count GU. The row houses should count for something, but certainly not each individual house. And some of those are more “official” than others and house university offices.

Did you count the law school?

This is great work yet again!

(08-29-2021 09:06 PM)VCE Wrote:  

(08-22-2021 07:44 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc. I am not counting parking garages. Also, I am keeping a running total.

Moving from East to West (as always), we have "visited" Providence College, the University of Connecticut, Saint John's University, Seton Hall University and Villanova University. We now spotlight Georgetown University. (Note: GU owns many townhouses located near the campus; I do not include those.)

Number of Georgetown buildings: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Villanova: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Seton Hall: Approximately 45 buildings

Saint John's: Approximately 25 buildings

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings

I gave up even trying to count GU. The row houses should count for something, but certainly not each individual house. And some of those are more “official” than others and house university offices.

Did you count the law school?

This is great work yet again!

I did not count the GU law school building since it is located off campus. The counts are for campus buildings only.

Glad you continue to enjoy!

Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc. I am not counting parking garages. Also, I am keeping a running total.

Moving from East to West (as always), we have "visited" Providence College, the University of Connecticut, Saint John's University, Seton Hall University, Villanova University, Georgetown University and Xavier University. We now spotlight Butler University.

Number of Butler buildings: Approximately 50 to 55 buildings

Xavier: Approximately 60 to 65 buildings

Georgetown: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Villanova: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Seton Hall: Approximately 45 buildings

Saint John's: Approximately 25 buildings

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings

Continuing our spotlighting the number of buildings per each Big East campus.

The number is derived by using sources such as Google Maps and Wiki and includes athletic facilities only if they are "indoors." As such arenas and rec centers are counted but no football stadiums, soccer/baseball facilities, etc. I am not counting parking garages. Also, I am keeping a running total.

Moving from East to West (as always), we have "visited" Providence College, the University of Connecticut, Saint John's University, Seton Hall University, Villanova University, Georgetown University, Xavier University and Butler University. We now spotlight DePaul University (the Lincoln Park/main campus).

Number of DePaul buildings: Approximately 35 to 40 buildings

Butler: Approximately 50 to 55 buildings

Xavier: Approximately 60 to 65 buildings

Georgetown: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Villanova: Approximately 70 to 75 buildings

Seton Hall: Approximately 45 buildings

Saint John's: Approximately 25 buildings

UConn: Approximately 160 buildings

Providence: Approximately 40 to 45 buildings

St John’s and DePaul seem quite low given their enrollments. SJU is certainly no more urban than GU, but I can see where DePaul is limited by their neighborhood.

(09-11-2021 08:00 PM)VCE Wrote:  St John’s and DePaul seem quite low given their enrollments. SJU is certainly no more urban than GU, but I can see where DePaul is limited by their neighborhood.

I still recall rather well the day I walked the St. John's campus (summer 1991) and being struck by what seemed a modest number of buildings.

DePaul's main campus in Lincoln Park in noteworthy for its building density. There is very little open space (much like with the Georgetown, Marquette and Providence campuses, for that matter).

(09-12-2021 06:30 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(09-11-2021 08:00 PM)VCE Wrote:  St John’s and DePaul seem quite low given their enrollments. SJU is certainly no more urban than GU, but I can see where DePaul is limited by their neighborhood.

I still recall rather well the day I walked the St. John's campus (summer 1991) and being struck by what seemed a modest number of buildings.

DePaul's main campus in Lincoln Park in noteworthy for its building density. There is very little open space (much like with the Georgetown, Marquette and Providence campuses, for that matter).

We’ve built up quite a bit and lost a bit of green space over the past 20 years or so, but we still border one of the bigger parks in DC. I’m told that the kids like to go out there and smoke the marijuana freshmen year.

We made an enormous mistake in not purchasing the Mount Vernon campus back in the late 90s/early 00s.

(09-13-2021 12:27 AM)VCE Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 06:30 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(09-11-2021 08:00 PM)VCE Wrote:  St John’s and DePaul seem quite low given their enrollments. SJU is certainly no more urban than GU, but I can see where DePaul is limited by their neighborhood.

I still recall rather well the day I walked the St. John's campus (summer 1991) and being struck by what seemed a modest number of buildings.

DePaul's main campus in Lincoln Park in noteworthy for its building density. There is very little open space (much like with the Georgetown, Marquette and Providence campuses, for that matter).

We’ve built up quite a bit and lost a bit of green space over the past 20 years or so, but we still border one of the bigger parks in DC. I’m told that the kids like to go out there and smoke the marijuana freshmen year.

We made an enormous mistake in not purchasing the Mount Vernon campus back in the late 90s/early 00s.

The Mount Vernon campus looks nice but it is a bit physically removed from the GU campus (not that that would have been bad had GU acquired). Foundry Branch Valley Park looks nice. Is that where the students smoke weed?

(09-15-2021 01:18 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 12:27 AM)VCE Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 06:30 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(09-11-2021 08:00 PM)VCE Wrote:  St John’s and DePaul seem quite low given their enrollments. SJU is certainly no more urban than GU, but I can see where DePaul is limited by their neighborhood.

I still recall rather well the day I walked the St. John's campus (summer 1991) and being struck by what seemed a modest number of buildings.

DePaul's main campus in Lincoln Park in noteworthy for its building density. There is very little open space (much like with the Georgetown, Marquette and Providence campuses, for that matter).

We’ve built up quite a bit and lost a bit of green space over the past 20 years or so, but we still border one of the bigger parks in DC. I’m told that the kids like to go out there and smoke the marijuana freshmen year.

We made an enormous mistake in not purchasing the Mount Vernon campus back in the late 90s/early 00s.

The Mount Vernon campus looks nice but it is a bit physically removed from the GU campus (not that that would have been bad had GU acquired). Foundry Branch Valley Park looks nice. Is that where the students smoke weed?

We could have used Mount Vernon for athletics facilities (baseball currently plays way off campus I think, T&F doesn’t have a great home, maybe football since no undergrads attend anyway). Maybe some grad programs could have been moved there. We have a free bus system that already connects to the law school and a couple of metro stops, and I believe Mount Vernon is as close as those.

That’s the park, yes.

(09-15-2021 09:35 PM)VCE Wrote:  

(09-15-2021 01:18 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 12:27 AM)VCE Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 06:30 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(09-11-2021 08:00 PM)VCE Wrote:  St John’s and DePaul seem quite low given their enrollments. SJU is certainly no more urban than GU, but I can see where DePaul is limited by their neighborhood.

I still recall rather well the day I walked the St. John's campus (summer 1991) and being struck by what seemed a modest number of buildings.

DePaul's main campus in Lincoln Park in noteworthy for its building density. There is very little open space (much like with the Georgetown, Marquette and Providence campuses, for that matter).

We’ve built up quite a bit and lost a bit of green space over the past 20 years or so, but we still border one of the bigger parks in DC. I’m told that the kids like to go out there and smoke the marijuana freshmen year.

We made an enormous mistake in not purchasing the Mount Vernon campus back in the late 90s/early 00s.

The Mount Vernon campus looks nice but it is a bit physically removed from the GU campus (not that that would have been bad had GU acquired). Foundry Branch Valley Park looks nice. Is that where the students smoke weed?

We could have used Mount Vernon for athletics facilities (baseball currently plays way off campus I think, T&F doesn’t have a great home, maybe football since no undergrads attend anyway). Maybe some grad programs could have been moved there. We have a free bus system that already connects to the law school and a couple of metro stops, and I believe Mount Vernon is as close as those.

That’s the park, yes.

Good to know on the park (not that I plan to visit it so as to smoke the wacky weed).