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One of Stanford's Marguerite buses (BYD electric bus)Marguerite is the free shuttle service Stanford University offers to its students, faculty, staff, and the general public to get around campus or from campus to some off-campus locations such as the San Antonio Shopping Center, VA Palo Alto Hospital, Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC), Stanford Shopping Center, or the Palo Alto Transit Center.
Toyon Hall features a spacious lounge area which occasionally hosts campus events such as a capella shows, important speakers, and other social events. Stanford groups with an affiliation to Toyon Hall can request use of the lounge. On 24 November 2000, Toyon was the subject of a Washington Post exposé titled "Pirating of Software Rampant on ...
Florence Moore Hall, commonly referred to as FloMo, is an undergraduate dormitory at Stanford University. [1] Designed by Milton Pflueger [note 1] in 1956, Florence Moore Hall was initially a women's dormitory.
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The original residence for Stanford women was a different building, also named Roble Hall. It was built in haste in 1891 to house the 80 women of the first Stanford undergraduate class. [ 3 ] Designed by concrete pioneer Ernest L. Ransome , it survived the 1906 earthquake but was replaced as the women's dormitory by the current Roble Hall in 1918.
Begun in 1937 and expanded over 25 years, this is the first and best example of Wright's innovative hexagonal design. [2] A Usonian home patterned after the honeycomb of a bee, the 3,570 square foot house incorporates six-sided figures with 120-degree angles in its plan, in its numerous tiled terraces, and even in built-in furnishings.
Interior of the house circa 1933. Prior to the end of World War I, the Hoovers had commissioned architect Louis Christian Mullgardt to design their Stanford home; however, Mullgardt publicized his appointment prior to the end of the war, angering the Hoovers, who felt that it was an inopportune time in the waning months of a terrible conflict to announce the construction of a large home.
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