Difference between revisions of "Ancel Plaza"
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Students of South Asian descent often use the plaza for cricket games...or did, before heavy picnic tables and benches were strewn across it in Spring [[2007]]. | Students of South Asian descent often use the plaza for cricket games...or did, before heavy picnic tables and benches were strewn across it in Spring [[2007]]. | ||
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| + | The [[Hindu Students Organization]] holds its annual [[Holi]] festival on the plaza, usually in mid to late April. This festival involves lots of people throwing paint (?) at each other, staining the plaza in the process. Like the following video but on a smaller scale: | ||
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[[Image:ECAncel.jpg|thumb|240px|Recent photo of Ancel Plaza facing north]] | [[Image:ECAncel.jpg|thumb|240px|Recent photo of Ancel Plaza facing north]] | ||
[[Category:Outdoor spaces on the Morningside Heights campus]] | [[Category:Outdoor spaces on the Morningside Heights campus]] | ||
Revision as of 18:43, 20 April 2008
Ancel Plaza is the barren open space on the elevated plinth between East Campus and Jerome Greene Hall. The area of the plaza in front of IAB is sometimes referred to seperately as SIPA Plaza.
Students of South Asian descent often use the plaza for cricket games...or did, before heavy picnic tables and benches were strewn across it in Spring 2007.
The Hindu Students Organization holds its annual Holi festival on the plaza, usually in mid to late April. This festival involves lots of people throwing paint (?) at each other, staining the plaza in the process. Like the following video but on a smaller scale:
<videoflash>GURvHJNmGrc</videoflash>
