Scott Waldman - Times Union
Two hundred years ago, French architect Joseph Ramée, working closely with President Eliphalet Nott, designed the first comprehensive plan for an American college or university.
Ramée's design became a model for collegiate planning. Among the many campus designs it likely influenced was Thomas Jefferson's for the University of Virginia and Frederick Law Olmsted's for Stanford University.
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