Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh (1934)

[u/Reasonable_Poem_7826]

This building makes me want to go into cripping debt for a useless advanced degree and live out my dark academia fantasy

[u/Prestigious-Art-9758]

all well and good til you've got a class in a nationality room and the wooden chair both makes the bones in your ass hurt and the lack of AC on a hot day makes your thighs stick to it too

[u/aspiringparvenu]

So many memories of being miserable here

[u/Reasonable_Poem_7826 → u/aspiringparvenu]

grass is greener i guess

[u/aspiringparvenu → u/Reasonable_Poem_7826]

It’s a really cool building and partly convinced me to go there, so I get your fantasy

[u/Reasonable_Poem_7826 → u/aspiringparvenu]

I live close enough that i can freeload and read/work here when i have a lazy day. It's inspiring to be in a beautiful place even if you're just doing the same old shit. Chairs are not comfortable though

[u/Mike__300 → u/aspiringparvenu]

I hated having class there was always stupid hot

[u/GatEnthusiast → u/aspiringparvenu]

What was miserable about it?

[u/aspiringparvenu → u/GatEnthusiast]

Going to a huge state school from out of state where I didn’t know anyone and I was a depressed 18 year old was tough

[u/GatEnthusiast → u/aspiringparvenu]

I can relate and many such cases. I thought you meant there was something specifically shitty about the school and that building.

[u/Ok-Summer-1807]

Currently knee-deep in debt for this building, do not listen to the sirens song

[u/Prestigious-Art-9758]

btw underrated pitt building is the library in frick fine arts building

[u/Mike__300 → u/Prestigious-Art-9758]

I really liked doing work in that library was always very cozy and emptyish

[u/Felouria]

My brother went to pitt. I remember visiting cathy and felt like i was in hogwarts. Incredibly cool place

[u/Junior_Peanut_445]

Cathy <3

[u/CaptainNorwegia]

hey, i work like a half a mile away from here! pitt’s campus in general is just fun to fuck around in

[u/Reasonable_Poem_7826 → u/CaptainNorwegia]

what do you mean? anything else worth seeing aside from the cathedral lobby?

[u/CaptainNorwegia → u/Reasonable_Poem_7826]

frick observatory will make you believe in the power of nature, that’s maybe a 5 min walk from here. schenley park is right by frick and it’s such a nice area. the law buildings by the cathedral are a bit of a whiplash from frick considering the brutalist feeling of it all. idk i moved back here a few months ago so im trying to romanticize my hometown lol

[u/Reasonable_Poem_7826 → u/CaptainNorwegia]

I moved back too this year, it's fun to re-explore the city as an adult

[u/spitefulgirl2000]

That’s gorgeous. I love gray cement

[u/profdrdrstrangeluv]

My friend teaches philosophy here. He's kind of a nightmare but I love him anyway.

[u/HomelessColumbo]

Incredible building. I went there for a semester :)

It didn’t work out but the atmosphere was incredible

[u/hlynn117]

OMG 😳 Pittsburgh posting! It's a really lovely place to study in. Also you can get in good shape by running the 30 floors of stairs in the winter.

[u/the_Joegoldberg]

WTF this is epic I didn't know America could be so cultured.

[u/Calm_Midnight1215]

It's a good building

[u/GodlyWife676]

It brings to mind the Moscow State University building. It seems towers of learning were in during the mid century

[u/StockOrganization182]

Looks like a Soviet skyscraper kinda

[u/GodlyWife676 → u/StockOrganization182]

Moscow State University!