Schapiro Hall

Schapiro Hall

Morris A. Schapiro Hall, popularly known as Schapiro, is an undergraduate residence hall of Columbia University. It is located half a block from the university's main campus, near the intersection of Broadway and 115th Street in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Upon its completion in 1988, at a cost of $18 million, Schapiro allowed the university to house all its undergraduates in dormitories for the first time.ref|NYT The 17-story building contains 245 single and 85 double residences, music practice rooms, floor lounges, and two study spaces.

References

#Joseph Berger, "New Dorm at Columbia Means Diversity", New York Times, August 26, 1988 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDA1238F935A1575BC0A96E948260 Online copy]

External links

* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/residence-halls/schapiro/index.html Schapiro Hall at Columbia Housing]
*" [http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/cuhistory/archives/housing.htm Housing the Columbia Community] ", lecture by Professor Andrew S. Dolkart on October 5, 1999
*" [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/sep05/cover.php Home on the Heights: 100 Years of Housing at Columbia] " by Michael Foss, "Columbia College Today", September 2005


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