South Campus
Welcome back, folks! Today we're going to take a look at South Campus and the University farms!
And here we are, at the University farms! The UofA has long term expansion plans for a second campus on these lands. For now, though, it remains useful to the university by working as experimental farms for the agriculture students.
The residents in the nearby neighborhood thoroughly enjoy the farms as a neighbor. Of course, when the wind goes the wrong way, the manure smell is less than pleasant.
The university has built walking paths from the neighborhood, across the farms to the nearby Whitemud Ravine. It gives the residents a piece of the country right inside the city. I'm sure not all will be ecstatic when the University fully develops the land into its south campus.
Here's the northen edge of South Campus. It does have some development in it already, although most of it is owned by the provincial and federal governments. The Jean Canfield building at the bottom of the picture was recently constructed by the Government of Canada. It holds offices for the Department of Agriculture. You can also see in this picture the LRT line, recently constructed for the Heritage extension. The line sees a great deal of use - perhaps a bit shocking considering there's almost nothing around it. The city has bus lines from the southwest of the city coming here to deposit all those University students and downtown workers for their short ride on the LRT.
A closer shot of the government buildings.
And a closer shot of the LRT station.
Now, the University hasn't completely left the area to farms. The sports facility in the corner, Foote Field, is where the schools football team, the Golden Bears, plays and practices out of. The construction in the center is for a new sports facility, that will boast 8 tennis courts, a 12 sheet curling rink, gymnasium and fitness center. The Golden Bears' tennis and curling teams will both play out this new facility.
And that's all for today folks! Hope you enjoyed South Campus!
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