Scholars Walk and The Gardens

Winthrop’s pedestrian-oriented campus encourages walking and biking in general, with its serpentine streets, brick crosswalks and infusion of gathering places. As a homage to the British tradition admired by Winthrop’s founder, Dr. David Bancroft Johnson, the central promenade of the Winthrop campus is now known as Scholars Walk. Symbolically, Scholars Walk connects Winthrop’s humble beginnings – the Little Chapel where Dr. Johnson and his wife are entombed – to its future: a vibrant new heart of campus where major facilities are joined by special green spaces and a water feature designed to encourage thought and reflection. The Gardens, underwritten by a Winthrop donor, are expected to be complete in 2010.