| Imagesmithstudio tours:
Camarillo State Hospital
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South Quad |
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composed of a number of complexes centered around courtyards. The
south quad is especially beautiful, full of birds that flit from
hibiscus to tall sycamore. Swallows build their nests in
convenient niches and swoop out at dusk. The photos I'd taken in
the past always showed individual buildings, so in returning to take
more pictures, I tried to capture the vast quiet of the quad on a
Saturday afternoon.
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Standing at the southeast corner of the quad, this is
part of what you see. The lawn stretches out quite a distance to
the left. The peaked tower in the background at left leads to the
bell tower building's picturesque courtyard. The many paths in the
quad are lined with huge old sycamores.
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A view from the northeast corner.
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The east wall of the quad, which gives a
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Quad detail near the bell tower building on the north
wall. Hibiscus grows between two windows, a signature element of
campus flora
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The east wall arcade, with its tile roofs and the
decorative turret at right, one of many unique and whimsical touches
that characterize campus architecture.
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| Interior of the arcade,
above
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One of the many unique tile designs to be found behind
drinking fountains.
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Another tile pattern, one I have found only at a
single drinking fountain in a smaller courtyard.
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Listless corner in the south end of the quad,
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| Beyond the courtyard to the east, local hills full of cactus and chaparral surround the campus. | Detail of the scene at left, with spring daisies and a bird, barely visible, perched on the yucca at left. |