Back in the 1980s, while studying art at Carnegie Mellon University, I rarely ever stepped foot into the hall of engineering, otherwise known as Hamerschlag Hall. That's how separate and focused each department was back then. But, even so, I couldn't help but notice, especially on my regular treks to the Carnegie Museum of Art, that the back of the building had a most curious feature. There, as if ready to plow into Panther Hollow, the building had the prow of a ship, made of concrete and covered with elaborate bronze ornamentation, but looking oh so seaworthy, nonetheless.

A metaphorical gesture, I remember thinking, this must mean something in regard to the education I and my fellow students were receiving. As if we were embarking on the tumultuous seas of the rest of our lives, ready at the mast with a higher education.

Come to find out years later, this curious feature was known as the "Pittsburgh Prow" and my inclination regarding its meaning was, somehow, right. Originally called Machinery Hall, Hamerschlag Hall was planned, according to Andrew Carnegie's original layout of the campus, to form an "explorer's ship" on a quest for knowledge, which is why this ship was pointed toward the Carnegie Institute (now Carnegie Library and Museums) as well as the University of Pittsburgh.

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