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Secrets Of The University Of Washington Campus Over 119 Years

One of the most famous sights on the University of Washington Seattle campus is when the cherry trees bloom in the quad each spring.
Flickr Photo/Michael Matti (CC-BY-NC-ND)
One of the most famous sights on the University of Washington Seattle campus is when the cherry trees bloom in the quad each spring.

[asset-images[{"caption": "John Bolcer and Antoinette Wills, co-authors of "The University of Washington," in their favorite place on campus, the Suzzalo Library.", "fid": "88641", "style": "offset_left", "uri": "public://201410/UW_Bolcer_Wills.jpg", "attribution": "Credit Ross Reynolds"}]]Ross Reynolds takes a tour of the University of Washington campus with Antoinette Wills and John Bolcer, co-authors of the new book "The University of Washington," which tells the 119 year history of the campus through the buildings. They talk about a 1960s bombing at UW that remains a great unsolved mystery and the story behind the strange stone faces atop all the buildings in the liberal arts Quad.