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The Brickyard (NC State)

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The plaza, conceived of and designed by landscape architect Richard C. Bell, FASLA, with a state-appropriated budget of $ 160,000, is mostly covered with red and white bricks which have been organized into a decorative mosaic reminiscent of Piazza San Marco in Venice, where Bell once studied. There
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celebration occurs on the Friday before April 22 each year. The event highlights the environmental research and outreach efforts of NC State students, staff, and faculty. North Carolina State University's 2007 event featured over 60 exhibitors, making it one of the larger Earth Day events in the
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The Brickyard consists of 588,060 red and white North Carolina bricks, most of which were donated by the North Carolina Bricklayers Association in 1966. Bell's original design called for large granite cobblestones that paved the campus walking areas from the University Plaza to the Memorial Tower.
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Through the years, several Brickyard preachers have held court on the Brickyard, evangelizing and proselytizing to students as they walk to and from class and two and from lunch at the Atrium, which is located on the ground floor of the Erdahl-Cloyd Wing of the D.H. Hill
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The Brickyard was officially dedicated by Chancellor John Caldwell and former Chancellor Carey Bostian, chair of the historic names committee, on March 7, 1968, on the 81st anniversary of Founder's Day.
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made an appearance on the plaza on December 4, 2006. Students were able to touch the cup and take pictures with the cup. Its appearance followed the
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The first concert on the complete Brickyard was the three-day All Campus Weekend, with featured performers
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for the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. This is an annual event that takes place every autumn.
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Many university-sponsored events take place on the Brickyard, including the annual
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are two main green areas on the plaza, one on the east side and one on the west.
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Every Wednesday the North Carolina Farmers' Market comes to the Brickyard.
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Students walking across the Brickyard with D.H. Hill Library in background
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once made an appearance on the Brickyard. Speeches were given beside it.
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The east green area features two concrete chairs which serve as
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The Brickyard (North Carolina State University)


North Carolina State University
North Campus
Raleigh
North Carolina
parabolic reflectors
Harrelson Hall
D. H. Hill Library
incomplete
adding missing items
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Habitat for Humanity
fundraiser
Stanley Cup
Carolina Hurricanes
2006 Stanley Cup Championship
RBC Center
NASA
Crew Return Vehicle
Earth Day

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