So, I went on this tour of Yale with my folks while they were still here in New Haven, and yes, it was a bit reminiscent of looking for a college to attend. More importantly, it was an easy way to see some of the iconic architecture of New Haven all in one morning. Most people go for the
Gothic building which are so very "ivy
league", or even the early colonial building which honestly just look like big rectangles, but the building which most caught my attention was sort of alien/insect hive-
ish.
The
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Check
here for a picture from the outside. I was too hot to think about taking one from the outside.
Maybe I like it so much because it resembles waffles...?
And then we walked inside.
Remember, I already liked the outside, but the inside just... glows.
The walls are made of marble so thin that the sun filters through the grain of the stone and the building seems like it is on fire.
I could stare at these walls forever, or try to read the titles of rare books placed just on the other side of a six-story glass box, but since it was a college tour, we briskly walked past the
Gutenberg Bible (yes, an actual
Gutenberg), stopped briefly at the
Audubon Birds of America, and continued back out into the blazing sun and wilting humidity. I am going to have to go back on my own time.
Did I
mention it was hot?
