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As the summer construction season on the Morningside campus starts in earnest, the following outlines projects that may impact campus circulation, either as a part of their scope or through the deliveries made to the buildings being renovated. Along with information about how a specific project may affect your travels throughout campus is a brief description of the project scope. A Campus map depicting buildings and portions of grounds that will experience significant construction activity this summer is also included:
Alfred Lerner Hall: construction of Studio facilities for WKCR will also be built on the 2nd floor, while a Black Box Theater and three new meeting rooms will be built on the 5th floor. Impact: with the exception of an occasional material delivery at the building's 114th Street loading dock, no impact relating to this work is anticipated.
Avery Hall: continued renovation of the building's infrastructure, as HVAC air handlers will be installed to complete the centralization of the air conditioning in the building. Impact: the northeast corner of the building will have an exterior lift which will transport material into the building for the rest of the summer; deliveries will be made from the campus freight elevator (on the north side of Schermerhorn) to the exterior lift intermittently.
Butler Library: renovation of the Library on the 4th and 5th Floors and Stack Levels 9 and 10. The north and west sections of the 4th Floor will become new 24-hour reading room spaces with new furniture, finishes and lighting. Impact: as with Alfred Lerner Hall, activity will be restricted to 114th Street material deliveries.
Campus Grounds: landscaping of Furnald Lawn to make aesthetic and operational improvements to the lawn surface. Also, the north/south concrete walkway between Journalism and Alfred Lerner Halls and a small section in front of the northeast corner of Butler Library will be aligned and replaced with brick paving. The 116th Street wrought iron gates on both the Amsterdam and Broadway sides have been removed for repair and will be re-installed in mid-August. On-site granite and limestone repair will also be performed on the gate columns while the iron gates are being repaired off-site. Impact: major impact on Furnald Lawn. The north/south walkway between Alfred Lerner and Journalism Halls and the section of walkway in front of Butler Library will be closed to allow chopping out of concrete and subsequent bricklaying. The main entrance gates on 116th Street at both the Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue entrance will have at least one portal available for pedestrian traffic, both when the gates are removed and when they are re-installed. The minor work on the stone columns will not limit access.
Chandler Hall: continued replacement of the building's infrastructure as well as renovation of the 9th Floor's labs and office spaces with new fume hoods and lab furniture. Impact: little impact related to this project is anticipated.
Earl Hall: restoration of the metallic cladding of the roof in addition to several smaller infrastructure improvements to the building. Impact: although sidewalk bridges will be placed above building entrances, access to the building will not be affected.
Engineering Terrace/Mudd: continued development of space for the Biomedical Engineering Department through renovations to several offices, a meeting room, new workstations for the Carlton Lab and new lab facilities in rooms 369 and 370 of Mudd. Impact: with the exception of an occasional material delivery, little impact is anticipated.
Hamilton Hall: continued renovation of the building started this past winter. Eight classrooms on the 3rd and 4th floors along with the Undergraduate Admissions Office and Core Curriculum Office on the 100 and 200 Levels will be renovated. Ventilation and air conditioning systems will also be upgraded and storm drainage system around the building will be repaired. Impact: walkways around the western and southern sides of the building will be obstructed most of the summer as work on the drainage system and walkway surfaces progress. The southern College Walk passage behind Hamilton will also have its areaways repaired, but this work will not involve replacement of brick surfaces or closing of the walkway. Some material deliveries for the project will also be staged from College Walk.
Jerome Greene Hall: renovation of the 1st floor classrooms on the west side of the building. These classrooms will feature new finishes and fixtures, amphitheater seating equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and a media control center. Impact: the main entrance of the building on 116th Street will open at all times, but deliveries will be frequent, especially until mid-June when demolition activity will be prominent. Construction vehicles will occupy parking spaces in front of the building until the end of August.
ISERP/LRC: addition of 18,000 square feet of academic space for the Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy and the Language Resource Center to be built under the East Campus plaza will feature two floors of office space, language labs and conference rooms for both programs. Impact: in addition to steel delivery from 118th Street early in the project, there will be intermittent deliveries of materials through the summer. Eighty-five feet of parking on 118th Street will be claimed as a loading and unloading zone.
Journalism Hall: will renovate its west side suites on the 100 and 200 Levels to create office and teaching space with lighting enhancements and new furniture, wall surfaces and carpeting. In addition, the areaways that surround the building on the 100 Level will be waterproofed. Impact: with the exception of the occasional delivery, the interior renovations will have little impact on campus circulation. On the north side of the building, waterproofing of areaways will narrow the southern-most College Walk lane, but it will remain open at all times.
Kent and Philosophy Halls: wrap-up of the project to renovate the buildings' infrastructure. Work will include the removal of existing brick pavers and waterproofing of the plaza outside of Kent Hall. Impact: major impact on the plaza in front of Kent Hall. While a pathway will be kept open at all times around Kent, varying degrees of activity will block portions of the Kent Plaza in front of the building. There will also be a sidewalk bridge on the south side of the Amsterdam overpass for most of the summer, as a waste removal chute will be offloading bricks and other debris from the Kent plaza to Amsterdam Avenue.
Low Library: start of infrastructure renewal project that will improve building structural, HVAC and life safety systems over the next 2 years. This summer's work will include masonary and roof repairs of the dome. In addition to work in the building, Low Plaza will have several concrete slabs between the east and west fountains repaired. Impact: the 117th Street and Broadway entrance to campus will be have a delivery ramp installed to the north of the stairway for material deliveries from Broadway, allowing the entrance to remain open. The northern walkway around Earl Hall will be intermittantly used as a delivery conduit. In Low Plaza, sections of the plaza will be cordoned off for concrete replacement, but access will be available through the plaza from lower to upper campus at all times.
Pupin Hall: renovation of classroom 301 with new heating and air conditioning units, improved lighting, new seating, audio-visual equipment and upgraded floor and wall finishes. The 1100 Level will house a satellite office for Nevis Laboratories and will feature new lighting and furniture supported by an upgraded HVAC and telecommunications infrastructure. Impact: with the exception of an occasional delivery, little impact on campus circulation is anticipated.
St. Paul's Chapel: replacement of the building's original waste lines. Impact: project may infringe upon the stairway at the northeast corner of St. Paul's from the 117th Street and Amsterdam entrance to Campus for 8 weeks from June 1 to July 31 (see map). Work will not impact entrance to the Chapel.
Uris Hall: various renovations, including creation of space for the Deming Center on the 500 Level and the Office of Development and External Relations on the 800 Level, refurbishment of classroom 303 with new seating, seminar tables and carpeting, relocation of a portion of CIS to 200 Level Computer Center and renovation of the 2nd floor Women's restroom. Impact: with the exception of the spaces outlined above, minor delivery traffic will be mitigated by delivery of materials via the tunnel underneath the building.
Wien Hall: continued work to building infrastructure including upgrades to electrical supply and distribution and replacement of building windows. Impact: intermittent deliveries of materials to building through Wien Courtyard. Existing sidewalk bridges will remain on the north and south sides of the building and over the front entrance for the summer.
The University will be spending approximately $45 million in the next three months on projects to renovate several buildings and sections of campus grounds: the most ever undertaken since the inception of the Capital Program. While some inconveniences may be experienced associated with this summer work, the University will make every effort to assure that normal Campus operations are maintained. If you have any questions about any work being performed this summer, contact Lia Gartner at 854-5772 or Mark Burstein at 854-3291.
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