Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes America/Boulder/2012

~~Wikipedia~~ Wikimedia Takes Boulder County is part of Wikipedia Takes America and Wiki Loves Monuments in the US in September 2012, centred around Boulder County.

Date and start time: 11:00 AM 15 September 2012
Starting point: CU University Memorial Center - outside Baby Doe's Coffee and Bakery on the ground floor
~~Outside the Carnegie Library building thing~~?

Although alternative suggestions are also welcome.
After-party place and time: Wherever we wind up!

Organizer: -— Isarra ༆ except not really

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Likely attendees

-— Isarra ༆ 00:58, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
-gribeco (talk) 00:10, 8 September 2012 (UTC) no-one by 11:15 so I'll get started on my own and come back by 12.[reply]
Gaurav (talk) 23:36, 23 August 2012 (UTC) (without a camera!) (also: running late! I'll be there by 12 noon. Please don't wait for me, but if you could send someone down to the UMC around then to pick me up, I'd really appreciate it!)[reply]

Possible attendees

Regrets

- LanceBarber (talk) 9/12/12, sorry already booked.
Kvng (talk) 23:54, 12 September 2012 (UTC) in WY for the weekend[reply]

Meetup location

I notice that most places on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Boulder County, Colorado are already photographed. What about focusing on the CU campus? We can definitely do better than these. -- Gaurav (talk) 00:49, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, that would work. Know of any good places to meet? -— Isarra ༆ 04:20, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I know a bunch of people who are meeting up at the University Memorial Center at noon on Saturday to go on their own photowalk. We could merge forces! The downside with meeting on campus is that there is limited free parking. Looking at the free-on-weekends map (http://www.colorado.edu/pts/maps/), how about lot 308 (at Regent and Kittredge Loop Road, right next to the Regent and Broadway intersection)?

Alternatively, we could meet at the University Memorial Center at 11am -- it's a pretty big landmark, and right next to the University Hill neighborhood, which should have parking ... somewhere. -- Gaurav (talk) 01:05, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The... Memorial Center? That's what it's called there? Well, anyway, that should do fine so long as we're specific about where around or in it, as it is pretty big. -— Isarra ༆ 04:12, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How about meeting outside Baby Doe's Coffee and Bakery, Ground floor, University Memorial Center, at 11am this Saturday? (P.S. Isarra: do you have a camera? Because I don't: I'm just going to be there for moral support!) -- Gaurav (talk) 22:33, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That should work. And I don't have a camera, but I should be able to borrow one. *shifty eyes* -— Isarra ༆ 05:13, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll bring my ipad if you don't mind looking silly taking pictures with that =) --gribeco (talk) 14:52, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and lot 308 is $3 on weekends. --gribeco (talk) 17:00, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Places to photograph

(NRHP: National Register of Historical Places, http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/co/Boulder/state.html)

On-campus
- University of Colorado Boulder
  - (what photos do we need on this page?)
- Buildings notable enough for their own articles
  - University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
  - Old Main [1]
  - Macky Auditorium [2]
  - Hale Science [3] (also the prettiest building on campus IMO)
  - Norlin Library [4]
  - Norlin Quadrangle (NRHP #80000879) [5] [6], notable via [7] for sure.
  - Folsom Field
  - Sommers–Bausch Observatory (but already has a photo)
  - Coors Events Center (no outside photos?)
  - Student housing/residences:
    - Kittredge West Hall
    - Cheyenne Arapaho Hall
- Buildings probably not notable enough for their own articles
  - Gamow Tower
  - University Memorial Center
  - Koenig Alumni Center [8]
- Sculptures
  - Robert Frost (in front of Old Main)
  - Ralphie the Buffalo outside Folsom Field
  - There's a bunch around the museum collections building, but I'm not sure how notable/interesting they are.
- Paintings
  - We could try photographing inside the CU Art Museum
    They don't allow pictures. -— Isarra ༆ 00:02, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Off-campus
- Boulder, Colorado
  - The Hill (Boulder)
  - Boulder Civic Area (around Broadway and Canyon): Landmarks
  - Dushanbe Tea House (outside photo needed?)
  - Boulder City Council Building (1777 Broadway)
  - Boulder Public Library (1001 Arapahoe Avenue)
  - Downtown/Pearl Street (we could plan to end the photowalk there and get drinks)
  - Twenty Ninth Street (Boulder)
- Boulder Creek (Colorado) (photographable from the Civic Center)
  - Boulder Creek Bridge (NRHP #03000103)
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