LSU Lakes, Baton Rouge, La. - a photo on Flickriver

            In 1933, four separate donors gave LSU a tupelo cypress swamp next to the campus. The campus itself had been relocated from State Capitol Grounds seven years earlier. The donors had a stipulation: LSU was to turn the swamps into lakes and parks for public use, and keep them so forever.Hundreds of men employed by the Works Progress Administration, a federal agency created during the Great Depression, dug University Lake from that swamp in the mid-1930s. They also built a sewer system that let LSU claim land for Sorority Row, and formed land for roads that surround the lakes. The work of those 900 men removed the threat of  malaria-bearing mosquitoes, and created a public space that would be cherished by tens of thousands of people who came after them. Nature has been taking back the lakes since then. Local government slowed the return to swampland by having University Lake dredged in the early-1980s. But the job was inadequate; the lakes are silting up again.A new generation of philanthropists and residents have pledged to preserve the lakes, and to make them a great space for many more decades. A pivotal step is the master plan.
   

Taken in: United States / Louisiana / Baton Rouge / Magnolia Ridge (show map)

Taken on: January 13, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D3200, f/4.5, 30 sec, 32mm (=48mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3200
Lens:	AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	32mm (35mm equivalent: 48mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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