Queen's Lawn
Queen's Tower
. The tree-lined Imperial College Road is on the leftThe Queen's Lawn is a green
Abdus Salam Library, and the Sherfield administration, Chemistry, and Skempton buildings.[3] It is often the site of college events, including student bands, fairs, and balls, as well as student activism.[4][5][6]
In April 2006, the Imperial College student newspaper Felix reported that the college was seeking permission of Westminster City Council to develop part of the lawn into a three-storey modular building, however this has not come to pass.[7] A weekly farmer's market is held on Tuesdays,[8] and Queen's Lawn was also the site of a world record attempt for the largest jelly mosaic.[9]
A diagonal path was built across the lawn in 2021.[10]
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Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overturewith bells and cannon fire, performed annually on the Queen's Lawn. The base of the Queen's Tower can be seen at the top of the picture -
The Central Library, the college's main academic library, overlooks Queen's Lawn. The top two floors were built as part of a modern extension to the library -
Sherfield Building, the central administrative building, from across the lawn. On the first floor are the junior and senior common rooms -
Imperial College Road runs along the south side of the lawn. The Chemistry Building is across the road
References
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- ^ The Queen's Lawn, UK: Imperial College London, retrieved 21 September 2015
- ISBN 978-0-8264-7841-2. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "South Kensington Campus Map" (PDF). Imperial College London. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Black tie for Summer Ball". Felix. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Pallister, Katy. "Having a Ball". Imperial College Student Blog. Imperial College London. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Imperial students call for VC Alice Gast to resign after she admits to bullying claims". The Tab. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "College seek planning permission for three storey modular building on Queen's Lawn". Felix. UK. Archived from the original on 15 October 2006.
- ^ "South Kensington (Tuesdays) Farmers' Market". www.lfm.org.uk. London Farmers' Markets. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "5 Guinness World Records only S'poreans are capable of setting that will make you go 'Whut?'". mothership.sg. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Imperial unveils revitalised green space at the heart of campus | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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