{"id":6849,"date":"2020-10-28T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.porticomagazine.ca\/?p=6849"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:39:59","slug":"lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Lang Plaza to become natural gathering place"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Ongoing construction of Lang Plaza, a new outdoor meeting space for students on the U of G campus, is scheduled for completion in spring 2021.<\/p>\r\n<p>Offering green space and seating, the plaza will revitalize the entrance of MacDonald Hall, home of the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics.<\/p>\r\n<p>The 3,400-square-metre space will feature a remote-controlled fire pit, a bio-infiltration garden and a water fountain named for Julia Christensen Hughes, former dean of the Lang School. A new ramp to the main entrance will improve access to the building.<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\u201cThe design of Lang Plaza reflects the importance of well-being and connection to nature,\u201d says interim dean Sara Mann. \u201cWhen students return to campus, Lang Plaza will offer a natural space to relax and learn.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>The plaza is part of a $21-million gift in 2019 from Stu and Kim Lang \u2013 the largest in U of G history \u2013 to elevate the University\u2019s business school. The gift has also helped establish scholarships, faculty chairs and an innovation fund.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uoguelph.ca\/lang\/our-community\/lang-plaza-macdonald-hall\">Lang Plaza at Macdonald Hall<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uoguelph.ca\/lang\/our-community\/lang-plaza-macdonald-hall#naming\">Naming Opportunities within Lang Plaza<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing construction of Lang Plaza, a new outdoor meeting space for students on the U of G campus, is scheduled for completion in spring 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null},"categories":[290,438],"tags":[333,759,761,760],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lang Plaza to become natural gathering place -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lang Plaza to become natural gathering place -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ongoing construction of Lang Plaza, a new outdoor meeting space for students on the U of G campus, is scheduled for completion in spring 2021.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-28T13:00:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-28T18:39:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lang-Plaza.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"855\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Portico Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lang-Plaza.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lang-Plaza.jpg\",\"width\":855,\"height\":380,\"caption\":\"Lang Plaza\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/\",\"name\":\"Lang Plaza to become natural gathering place -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-28T13:00:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-28T18:39:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/ad735acac2eccbc0069f79d23598f533\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lang Plaza to become natural gathering place\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/ad735acac2eccbc0069f79d23598f533\",\"name\":\"Portico Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46b428721fd31a9d9bde7e15d8054af3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46b428721fd31a9d9bde7e15d8054af3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Portico Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/author\/staff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lang Plaza to become natural gathering place -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lang Plaza to become natural gathering place -","og_description":"Ongoing construction of Lang Plaza, a new outdoor meeting space for students on the U of G campus, is scheduled for completion in spring 2021.","og_url":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/","article_published_time":"2020-10-28T13:00:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-28T18:39:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":855,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lang-Plaza.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Portico Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lang-Plaza.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lang-Plaza.jpg","width":855,"height":380,"caption":"Lang Plaza"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/","name":"Lang Plaza to become natural gathering place -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2020-10-28T13:00:34+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-28T18:39:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/ad735acac2eccbc0069f79d23598f533"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/lang-plaza-to-become-natural-gathering-place\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lang Plaza to become natural gathering place"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/ad735acac2eccbc0069f79d23598f533","name":"Portico Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46b428721fd31a9d9bde7e15d8054af3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46b428721fd31a9d9bde7e15d8054af3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Portico Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/author\/staff\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6849"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7195,"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6849\/revisions\/7195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}