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freshwest

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22. Washington. As usual, we're a big vague out here. Lots of punning:

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 03:48 AM

Dec 2012

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Red Square (University of Washington)

...In 1969, the field was excavated, an underground parking garage was built, and the engineers who designed the garage thought that the rain on the grass would leak into the garage, leading to the choice of a distinctive red brick surface.

Cassandra Amesely, then an editor of the student paper The Daily, convinced the student population to refer to the area as Red Square, presumably in reference to the color of the brick. Whether it was also meant to refer to Moscow's Red Square in an era known for student activism is unclear.

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Washington. As usual, we're a big vague out here. Lots of punning: freshwest Dec 2012 #22

Ahhh... ReRe Dec 2012 #23

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