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Of all the maps I looked over, the most striking image was the proposed pond that was initially planned to sit right in front of Chambers. The front of Chambers is in my opinion one of the more artificial parts of Campus. It was clearly made to look natural and in some ways it does provide a nice barrier between Main Street and the academic hub on campus. However, the makeup of the lawn feels artificial. It would have served as a wonderful place to go read a book or do some homework when I lived up the hill. However, I never felt like I was escaping the feel of Chambers or the Union like I felt when I went to the Cross Country trails.
A pond or a reflecting pool would have certainly helped this feeling. The beauty of Lake Norman is often lost when you come on to Davidson’s campus. There is a distance lack of natural water which is in stark contrast to the are around it. The pond would have helped that and it would have looked beautiful outside of Chambers.
It it hard to speculate why a pond was never constructed. Perhaps there was too much of an impact on the environment around it or perhaps it costs to much at the time. It also may have been seen as a disruptive to the campus or not in the overall vision for the school. A pond seems rather harmless to the campus now and it would help give Davidson some of the natural beauty that we see around Lake Norman.