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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I always thought, that CAB stands for Chemie Alt Bau. The older
building used for teaching chemistry.</p>
<p>claudio<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2021-05-23 18:23, Jörg Straube
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As the ETHZ is scattered all around Zurich,
all buildings with ETH offices got a short name.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Normally (obviously with exceptions) the
first two letters give a hint where the building is located
(street/area/region name..) and the third letter discriminates
the building on that street.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">AM_ = Auf der Mauer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CA_, CN_ = ??<br>
CL_ = Clausiusstrasse</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HA_ = Häldeliweg<br>
HC_ = Höngg, Chemie (also Hochstrasse)<br>
HI_ = Höngg, Ingenieurwesen<br>
HP_ = Höngg, Physik<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">LE_ = Leonhardstrasse<br>
SO_ = Sonneggstrasse<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TA_ = Tannenstrasse<br>
VO_ = Voltastrasse<br>
WE_ = Weinbergstrasse</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some exceptions</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HG = Hauptgebäude</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">RZ = Rechenzentrum<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have no clue why CA_ and CN_ is used.
There is no corresponding street name near by. Formerly, in
those buildings students were studiying chemistry. Might be
that C was chosen for chemistry and N for North. But this is
pure speculation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jörg</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><b>Von: </b><a
href="mailto:peter@easthope.ca" moz-do-not-send="true">peter@easthope.ca</a><br>
<b>Gesendet: </b>Sonntag, 23. Mai 2021 16:49<br>
<b>An: </b><a href="mailto:oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch"
moz-do-not-send="true">oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch</a><br>
<b>Betreff: </b>[Oberon] Re (2): EE, CE, CS buildings on
the ETH campus.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From: Till Oliver Knoll
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:till.oliver.knoll@gmail.com"><till.oliver.knoll@gmail.com></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 11:07:56
+0200</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> So if you ask me: use any nice picture
of the ETH Hauptgeb=C3=A4ude (HG)!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> No one will recognise the IFW - and
again: I am not saying that Professor</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> N. Wirth and Professor J. Gutknecht
were actually already in that</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> building when starting working on
Oberon! I just can't tell.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon#Historical_Perspective">https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon#Historical_Perspective</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another vantage point might give a better
view, including the </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rechenzentrum and IFW. The Oberstrass
neighbourhood?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/47.3839/8.5468">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/47.3839/8.5468</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That's the best I can do at the present.
If someone can improve it, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">certainly go ahead.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Incidentally what is abbreviated by CAB?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to all who have
replied, ... P.L.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-- </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">tel: +1 604 670 0140 Bcc: peter
at easthope. ca</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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