Living with Monuments

We are definitely living with the monuments almost everyday. I believe University of Washington itself is a monument. The name of the building honors contributers to the University. There are different styles of architectures from old huge ugly concrete brick buildings (like McMahon, Hagget, Condon) to the new modern buildings (Genome, Law). There's Padelford that has very complicated structure and could block the in order to prevent the student demonstration to seize the building (probably in 1960-70).

However, there's so many buildings on campus, how many people really know its significance? I don't even know all of the buildings and their purposes in the first place. I recently learned that there's a power plant on the campus. Also I always walk by this buildings called North Physics Buildings (located near McCarty/Hagget, walking down the stairs to U-Village) wondering what is in this building. Then a question came across. Although the monuments and the names are there, do they really serve as the monuments? We are spending time on the campus and each building means differently to each one of us through our daily routine. I am creating my own meaning to the building, attaching my own memories (of studying). Although there are University's historical significance in the monuments, these monuments are ultimately hidden behind the students and faculty's daily routine that actively creates their own layers of the significance.

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There's some other monuments that I am interested, but I guess these are classified as art.

Fremont Bridge Troll

Wall of Death

Does anyone know what is up with all of the Beneath the bridge work of art in Seattle?