[Editors] Story behind MIT building numbers?

[John Dvorak]

The only quasi-logical explanation that I've heard pertains to the main 
campus:  If you split the campus in two pieces going north-south at 
building 10, then the buildings to the west are odd numbered and the 
buildings towards the east are even numbered.  The Alumni Pool does not fit 
into this because it is #57 and it is on the east side.

jd

At 10:22 AM 9/2/2004 -0400, Jean Foster wrote:
>Hello editors,
>
>Does anyone out there know if there is a logical explanation for the MIT 
>building numbering system? Someone once told me that it had something to 
>do with the wife of one of the early MIT presidents being into numerology, 
>but this must be an urban legend, right?  I thought one of you might know 
>the real scoop (if there is one).
>
>We are giving a tour of new MIT classrooms to people coming in from 
>outside campus for an NLII workshop and I thought this might be an 
>interesting piece of trivia to include.
>
>thanks,
>-jean-
>
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