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Expansion at the Periphery

Expansion at the Periphery

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Location -- the top priority issue for the first wave of buildings in the 1960s -- was less significant with the latter structures of the decade. The old in-fill strategy on the main campus had caused some controversy with the construction of the E-Quad, which had absorbed the beloved University Field, and of the architecture building, which encroached on Prospect House. In the second half the 1960s, however, Princeton expanded on the periphery.

Jadwin Gym, for instance, was built on the bluffs above Lake Carnegie and south of Palmer Stadium.