{"id":4661,"date":"2024-02-01T11:12:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T16:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.alumni.ncsu.edu\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2024-02-01T15:38:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T20:38:41","slug":"you-were-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/2024\/you-were-here\/","title":{"rendered":"You Were Here."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
The plans were announced in a Technician<\/em> article in February 1965, headlined, \u201cCampus Landscaping Soon to be Undertaken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStudents who are sick of the muddy cowpaths between Erdahl-Cloyd Union and Harrelson \u2014 Rejoice!\u201d The story went on to say that the plan to landscape the area included \u201cextensive paving\u201d so that students could get to class easily without destroying grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cExtensive paving\u201d may have been an understatement. This would be more than a system of sidewalks\u2009\u2014\u2009and in the end a swath of land was paved over with red and white brick in a distinctive pattern to create what later came to be known as the Brickyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n