McBain Hall

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McBain

Built	1908 (Converted 1964)
Renovated	2005-2006
Population	363
University Residence Halls
600 West 113th Street • Broadway • Carman • East Campus • 47 Claremont • Furnald • Harmony • Hartley • Hogan • John Jay • McBain • River • Ruggles • Schapiro • Wallach • Watt • Wien • Woodbridge

McBain is a residence hall that mostly houses sophomores in doubles. It is on the south-east corner of 113th St and Broadway. It is sometimes known as 'Carman 2' because it is full of sophomores and the social atmosphere is similar to Carman.

Doubles in the McBain shaft are considered to be among the worst rooms at Columbia. They are typically selected as 'blind' doubles in General Selection. They range from 195 to 209 sq ft. Due to the shaft, they have no views, and are hot, noisy, and dark. The 06 and 25 lines are especially bad because they only have one small window.

A cat (cats?) lives here.

1 History
2 Famous residents
3 Facilities
- 3.1 Rooms
4 Advantages and disadvantages
- 4.1 Advantages
- 4.2 Disadvantages
5 Photos
6 Floor plans
7 Map
8 Building address
9 External links

[edit] History

Built in 1908, and operated as the Yorkshire hotel until 1964, at which point it was bought by Columbia and converted into a residence hall.

[edit] Famous residents

Meghan McCain

[edit] Facilities

Computer lab
Laundry rooms on floors 2, 3, 4, and 5
RA Rooms: 103, 213, 320, 419, 514, 519, 619, 719, 819

[edit] Rooms

14 walk-through doubles
18 big singles
53 singles
128 doubles

[edit] Advantages and disadvantages

[edit] Advantages

Many exterior doubles are large and have nice views
Great walk-through doubles in the corners of the building
Located near the Broadway restaurants and shops
19 line is a 174 sq ft single
04 line is a 140 sq ft single
10 line is a 331 sq ft corner double
Exercise machines in the lounge are open for use 24-7
Computer lab with 6 computers is likely to meet all of your IT needs.

[edit] Disadvantages

Two elevators, but both are very slow.
Noisy
The rooms on the shaft often have no light or fresh air, and have terrifyingly close views of one another
Computer lab printer almost never works (but CUIT has evidently been more diligent, because the printer service has been improving).
Mice can slip under the door into room.
cockroaches and other bed bugs

[edit] Photos

Warning: These photos are old and outdated. Some parts of McBain have been renovated in recent years.

Double, view 1	Double, view 2	Double, view 3	Single, view 1
Single, view 2	Floor bathroom, view of showers	Floor bathroom, view of sinks	Floor kitchen
Floor laundry room