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> Building 2 actually has a name but who really knows it? It helps that rooms are numbered with the building number up front (e.g., 2-351 is building 2 floor 3
by generationP 7y ago
> Building 2 actually has a name but who really knows it?
It helps that rooms are numbered with the building number up front (e.g., 2-351 is building 2 floor 3 room 51), so the number is much more informative than the name.
Also, it's only been the Simons building for 4-5 years or so; before that it was just building 2.
- ghaff 7y agoAlthough the building number (mostly) doesn’t tell you much about the location except approximately.
- rsfinn 7y agoNot too approximately: Even numbered buildings are to the east of the central grassy plaza (Killian Court), and odd numbered buildings to the west; the numbers tend to increase moving away from the river. Additionally, buildings outside the main cluster have a cardinal direction prefix (W/NW/N/NE/E) that helps locate them. <http://whereis.mit.edu> http://whereis.mit.edu> (I know you know all that; I'm adding context for the readers.)
- ghaff 7y agoI have to admit I never noticed the even/odd rule. Maybe I'd have found Building 2 without having to look it up the other day :-)