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The Mines campus is compact and very walkable. Most of academic buildings
events and casual use. The central pedestrian avenue is the closed portion
of Maple Street between 14th and 19th streets. This area is brick paved
are clustered together in a 4 x 3 block section at the center of campus.
Buildings are sited to create courtyards of open spaces for structured

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CIRCULATION
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION

and permanently closed to all traffic. Not only does this pathway connect academic buildings, but it also links the southern campus housing to the Student Recreation Center and the Student Center creating a central pedestrian axis for the campus. Several other portions of through streets have been closed creating a serene sense of a community without vehicles. The two shared blocks of 16th Street, east of Illinois Stree

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