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600 West 113th Street, known in Columbia-speak as Nussbaum for its location above Nussbaum and Wu, is a residence hall that was converted from an apartment building in 2003. Floors 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 are occupied by undergraduates, while the upper half is occupied by UAH tenants and some private tenants. UAH tenants include graduate and General Studies students.
[edit] Facilities
Each floor has a central hallway and four suites, although many suite doors are left permanently open. Many of the A and D suites and the B and C suites have connecting doorways. All rooms have hardwood floors.
B and C suites share a large kitchen. A suites have smaller kitchens. D suites have very small kitchens.
There is a laundry room in the basement, but it only works with a smart card purchased in the lobby for approximately $5. The smart card machine only accepts cash. One wash or dry cycle now costs $1.70, which is significantly more expensive than $1 cycles at other residence halls.
- 46 doubles
- 47 singles
- 9 walk-through doubles
[edit] Advantages and disadvantages
[edit] Advantages
- Relatively nice entrance and hallways (bright and well-lit).
- 4:1 student to bathroom ratio.
- Friendly building staff. Maintenance goes through a superintendent, not Columbia, so it is handled fast.
- Convenient location near Broadway.
- Some rooms have private bathrooms.
- A7 and D2 line singles have private bathrooms.
- D1 and A1 line doubles have private bathrooms.
- C1 line doubles sometimes have private bathrooms and walk-in closet, contrary to floor plan.
- Some suites have a lounge
[edit] Disadvantages
- Less social because the suitemates don't know each other, nor are all the rooms on a central hallway.
- You can't choose your suitemates.
- No building lounge.
- Suites share floors with graduate students and regular tenants, so noise must be kept at a minimum
- General sense of unattachment with Columbia community
- Lower floors infested with cockroaches
- Toilets get clogged easily and the building is aware of that, even keeps a plunger in almost every suite bathroom
- During the summer with AC units installed, building electricity supply is not enough since lights flicker and sometimes goes off for minutes before turning back on.
- Exposed ceiling pipes in some bathrooms
- The A1 line of walk through doubles only have one working Ethernet jack in each room which is a problem since the outer room is too small to fit more than one bed or two desks.
[edit] Photos
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Building entrance on 113th St
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[edit] Floor plans
[edit] Building Address
600 W. 113th St.
New York, NY 10025
[edit] External Links
Columbia Housing - 600 W. 113th St.
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