Ruggles Hall

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Ruggles

Built	? (Converted 1964)
Renovated	2006 -
Population	189
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

Ruggles is a residence hall that mostly houses juniors and seniors in suites.

Ruggles suites 708-714 and 808-814 were renovated during the summer of 2006. Housing Services is considering renovating further suites this summer.

Most 4-person suites go to seniors. In the past, most 8-person suites had gone to sophomores and mixed-class groups, but a recent upswing in popularity following its 2006 renovations has resulted in the majority of the 8-person suites being snatched up by all-junior or junior and senior suites. A group point value of over twenty is needed to have a good shot at an 8-person suite.

1 History
2 Facilities
- 2.1 Suites
3 Advantages and disadvantages
4 Advantages
5 Disadvantages
6 Photos
7 Floor plans
8 Building addresss
9 Map
10 External Links

[edit] History

Ruggles was originally the Arizona Hotel. In 1964, the university purchased it and converted it into a graduate residence. It was later made into undergraduate housing.

Bad shit that's happened here:

Ruggles murder-suicide of 2000 in room 509
Ruggles vandalization incident of 2006

[edit] Facilities

Floors 7 & 8: recently renovated and kitchens have dishwashers.

[edit] Suites

16 4-person suites
1 1st floor 5-person suite
1 1st floor 6-person suites
12 8-person suites with 2 singles and 3 doubles
2 8-person suites with 4 singles and 2 doubles

[edit] Advantages and disadvantages

[edit] Advantages

A short walk to JJ's Place, the John Jay Dining Hall, Butler, and Hamilton Hall. Strokos is practically next door
Parties more feasible than you'd think
Weekly cleaning of common areas
High floors have access to the roof. Actually going up there is prohibited, but rarely enforced unless a lot of people are there
Decent soundproofing between rooms

[edit] Disadvantages

Exposed pipes
Poor lighting
Rodent infestation - has been better since the renovation.
Poor temperature regulation
Small bathroom in 8 person suites is very small (25 sq. ft) - although bathrooms were renovated, so this is not a problem anymore.
Insufficient laundry equipment (4 washers and 4 dryers when all are operational)
Slow single elevator that sometimes gets stuck between floors
You have to take your garbage to the basement yourself
No stair access to basement
Many rooms exposed to nighttime noise on Frat Row which is really noisy in the mornings due to delivery trucks and parking garage.
You have to swipe open the entrance door only to be swiped again by a guard