Hoover Tower, part of the Hoover Institution located on the campus of Stanford University, was built by Arthur Brown Jr in 1941, the year of Stanford's 50th anniversary. Inspired by the cathedral tower at Salamanca, the 285-foot tall tower houses library stacks on the first nine floors, offices on the next three, and an observation deck platform 250-feet high. The tower has a carillon of 48 bells cast in Belgium, with the largest weighing 2.5 tons.
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Pillars of Hercules III, located on the Stanford University campus between the Oval and the Graduate School of Business, was designed by sculptor Dimitri Hadzi in 1982.
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In 1979, pop sculptor George Segal was commissioned by the Mildred Andrews Fund, a private Cleveland-based foundation that supports public art, to create a work that would commemorate New York City's Stonewall Rebellion, the 1969 riot that marks the beginning of the modern gay liberation movement. The result was the first piece of public art commemorating the struggle of GLBTG people for equality, predating Amsterdam's "Homomonument" by some seven years.
The sculpture, a life-like, life-size bronze group, painted white, depicts four figures: a standing male couple and a seated female couple. One of the men holds the shoulder of his partner; one of the seated women gently touches her friend's thigh. The poses are non-dramatic, but quietly powerful, suggesting depths of love and companionship.
The idea for a sculpture to honor the gay and lesbian rights movement on the tenth anniversary of Stonewall originated with Bruce Voeller, co-founder and first executive director of the National Gay Rights Task Force and the founder of the Mariposa Foundation. The plan was to create two castings--one for New York City's Sheridan Park, near the site of the Stonewall Inn, and one in Los Angeles. However local residents opposed the plans for the installation. Instead the sculpture was installed at Stanford University, where after just a month it was attacked with a ball-peen hammer. After being repaired, it was reinstalled only to be spray painted with the word AIDS, and vandalized again in 1994 with splattered black paint. In 1992 New York City finally agreed to place the statue in Christopher Park, where it was dedicated on June 23.
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1 Infinite Loop, or IL1, is Apple Computer's official mailing address. Ininite Loop is a private U-shaped crescent, which joins up with Mariani Avenue, where Apple's original headquarters were, encircling the six main buildings of Apple's current headquarters in Cupertino. Construction of the Infinite Loop campus was completed in 1993 by Sobrato Development Cos, and in 1997 Apple consolidated its main operations there.
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Stanford Stadium, located on the campus of Stanford University at Arboretum Road and Galvez Street, was built in 1921 and home to the Stanford Cardinal football team. It opened on November 19, 1921 with a 42-7 Stanford loss to California.
Seating capacity was originally 60,000, with a 66-row, U-Shaped structure second only to the Yale Bowl in size at the time. In 1925, 10,200 seats were added, nearly enclosing the horseshoe. In 1927, 14 additional rows of seating were added. Renovations in the mid 1920s increased the Stadium to its maximum capacity of 85,500, with 80 rows of seating. Additional renovations were undertaken in 1960--the incorporation of a press box, in 1973--tunnel entrances on the west side, and in 1978--installation of a Tartan Track and the north and south scoreboards. An extensive renovation in 2005 reduced capacity to 50,000 and borught the building up to date with present standards.
In addition to Stanford football, Stanford Stadium hosted Super Bowl XIX, when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Miami Dolpins 38-16. Stanford Stadium has also hosted other non football events. Herbert Hoover gave his acceptance speech for the 1928 Republican Presidential nomination here. International soccer matches for the Games of the XXIII Olympiad in 1984, the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup were held here.
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