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. Schapiro is the second newest of Columbia's residence hall, and its completion in 1988 at a cost of $18 million allowed the university to house all its undergraduates in dormitories for the first time.[1] The 17-story building containing 245 single and 85 double rooms, in addition to music practice rooms, floor lounges, and two study spaces.
Schapiro, like Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia's student center, is considered by many to have been poorly designed. Its rooms are among the smallest on campus (most are under 110 square feet), and its bathrooms are mostly windowless. Its heating system is, moreover, prone to malfunction.[2]
References
- ^ Joseph Berger, New Dorm at Columbia Means Diversity, New York Times, August 26, 1988 Online copy
- ^ Arthue Newmyer, Students get cold shoulder in Columbia U. dorms, Columbia Spectator, January 26, 2000 Online abstract
External links
- Schapiro Hall at Columbia Housing
- Photo Tour of Schapiro Hall
- Housing the Columbia Community, lecture by Professor Andrew S. Dolkart on October 5, 1999
- Home on the Heights: 100 Years of Housing at Columbia by Michael Foss, Columbia College Today, September 2005