Kentucky Plaza Descriptive Writing

The cool breeze hits my face as I am sitting underneath a wood topped gazebo. This square designed structure makes me feel as if I am inside. The sun is peaking through with limited sunlight due to the soaring trees overhead. This space has an X shaped side walk cutting through a garden. The garden makes it feel very peaceful, but yet there is still commotion going on with students walking to class. People interact with this space in several ways. I see people sitting on benches enjoying the beautiful surroundings, people studying, and also using it as a walkway. It is a very busy time of the day as several students are walking by me. I see people stopping to take pictures as they are coming through the plaza. They are the ones who are stopping
They have green vines coming down the sides of them with very appealing red leaves on top of the pot. A stout pine tree sits in the middle of each pot giving it a very odd look. There are tables and chairs on either side of the gazebo making it a very symmetrical space. The architect who designed this space made the most out of it. It could have just been two boring sidewalks that cross each other. Instead they made it a very outdoors feel in the middle of a big city. This space is called the David M Lilly Plaza. This garden would not be possible without this family donating. Sitting in this space makes me feel like I have escaped the hectic city environment. I have plants and flowers all around me, gravel beneath my feet, and big trees with sunlight making the leaves light up like Christmas lights. This is one of the spaces on campus that have stood out to me for making the campus look so nice. I walk through this space every day to get to my classes and have wanted to stop and enjoy it every time. It is very interesting to sit down and observe the space and people around you. Seeing what spaces attract people and how they interact with them is something I have never really thought about. The others around me look like they are coming here for the same reason I do. To feel as if you are in nature instead of an old building. This first week of college, I have realized you don’t get to spend much time outside.