600 West 113th Street

2020-09-19T03:03:47Z

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{{Infobox reshall
|Name=600 W. 113th St.
|Image=[[File:Nussbaum.jpg]]
|Built=1898 (Converted in 2003)
|Renovated=?
|Population=147}}

'''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, 9, and 10 are occupied by undergraduates, while the remaining floors are occupied by [[UAH]] tenants and some private tenants. [[UAH]] tenants include graduate and [[General Studies]] students.

== 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. There are two tiny lounges in the building, giving it a generally claustrophobic feel.

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 that is free for all students. Unlike many other dorms *cough cough Carman*, people don't typically take your wet clothes out of the dryers if you're 5 minutes late to get them. However, the basement level of Nuss will never fail to great you with an assembly of semi-dead roaches.

=== Rooms ===
* 46 doubles
* 53 singles
* 9 walk-through doubles

==Advantages and disadvantages==

=== 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 quickly.
* Convenient location on 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.
* Good number of walkthrough doubles
* Sophomores in groups of 8 can clean out all the doubles in a suite or floor, essentially taking the suite for themselves.
* The basement is inhabited by a multiplying family of cats that meow meow meow.

=== Disadvantages ===
* Minor rat/mice infestation
* 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, which can be problematic.
* Only 2 suites have a lounge.
* No real building lounge or computer lab.
* Lower floors sometimes infested with cockroaches.
* Toilets get clogged easily and the building is aware of that, even keeps a plunger in almost every suite bathroom. Also, shared bathrooms are disgusting. They rarely get cleaned - yuck!
* 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
* It has cats that yowl and yowl and yowl.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:600double1view1.jpg|Double, view 1
Image:600double1view2.jpg|Double, view 2
Image:600double1view3.jpg|Double, view 3
Image:600single.jpg|Single
Image:600bathroom1view1.jpg|Suite bathroom, view 1
Image:600bathroom1view2.jpg|Suite bathroom, view 2
Image:600kitchen.jpg|Suite kitchen
Image:600hallway.jpg|Hallway
Image:600intercom.jpg|Suite intercom
Image:600entry.jpg|Building entrance on 113th St
Image:600elevators.jpg|Elevators
Image:600stairs.jpg|Stairs
</gallery>

== Floor plans ==
<gallery>
Image:600w113 2001.jpg|Floor 2
Image:600w113 3001.jpg|Floor 3
Image:600w113 4001.jpg|Floor 4
Image:600w113 5001.jpg|Floor 5
Image:600w113 9001.jpg|Floor 9
Image:600w113 10001.jpg|Floor 10
</gallery>

== Building Address ==
600 W. 113th St.<br>
New York, NY 10025

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.806178" lon="-73.965763" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.806178, -73.965763, 600 W 113th St residence hall
</googlemap>

==External Links==
[http://housingservices.columbia.edu/content/600-west-113th Columbia Housing - 600 W. 113th St.]

[[Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls]]
[[Category:UAH buildings]]

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