420 West 116th Street - Revision history

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 [[Image:420_W_116_in_2013.jpeg|thumb|200px|King's Crown Residence Hall]]
-'''420 West 116th Street''', sometimes referred to as '''''King's Crown''''', is a mostly-[[law school]]-affiliated apartment building managed by [[University Apartment Housing]]. The building was built in [[1906]] to a design by Naville & Bagge and is located across from [[Wien Hall]]. The ground floor houses [[Deutsches Haus]], which hosts academic, cultural and social events for Columbia's [[German Department|Department of Germanic Languages]].
+'''420 West 116th Street''', sometimes referred to as '''''King's Crown''''', is a mostly-[[law school]]-affiliated apartment building managed by [[University Apartment Housing]]. The building was built in [[1909]] to a design by Naville & Bagge and is located across from [[Wien Hall]]. The ground floor houses [[Deutsches Haus]], which hosts academic, cultural and social events for Columbia's [[German Department|Department of Germanic Languages]].
 The building consists of furnished and unfurnished studios and one bedroom apartments in a small corridor setting, each equipped with basic kitchen facilities. Common laundry facilities are located in the basement. There is also a single two-bedroom unit on the top (10th) floor.<ref>[http://facilities.columbia.edu/housing/specialty-housing#LawHousing]</ref>
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 == History ==
-Built in 1907 as a hotel, the building hosted the Hotel Westminster and later the King's Crown Hotel.<ref>[http://www.cardcow.com/306123/kings-crown-hotel-new-york/ Old Postcard of the King's Crown Hotel before "Little Warren" (410 W 116 St) was built]</ref> The building was purchased in the 1970s by the [[Trustees]] of Columbia University and transformed into residence units for Law School faculty and students.
+Built in 1909 as a hotel, the building hosted the Hotel Westminster and later the King's Crown Hotel.<ref>[http://www.cardcow.com/306123/kings-crown-hotel-new-york/ Old Postcard of the King's Crown Hotel before "Little Warren" (410 W 116 St) was built]</ref> The building was purchased in the 1970s by the [[Trustees]] of Columbia University and transformed into residence units for Law School faculty and students.
 === Famous residents ===

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 * Cockroaches in some units
 * Poor insulation
 == Pictures ==

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 Image:420_W_116_kitchen_corner.jpeg|Kitchen corner
 Image:420_W_116_bedroom.jpeg|Bedroom in 1-BR unit
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 * Cockroaches in some units
 * Poor insulation
 == References ==

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 '''420 West 116th Street''', sometimes referred to as '''''King's Crown''''', is a mostly-[[law school]]-affiliated apartment building managed by [[University Apartment Housing]]. The building was built in [[1906]] to a design by Naville & Bagge and is located across from [[Wien Hall]]. The ground floor houses [[Deutsches Haus]], which hosts academic, cultural and social events for Columbia's [[German Department|Department of Germanic Languages]].
-The building consists of furnished and unfurnished studios and one bedroom apartments in a small corridor setting, with a kitchen on each floor and laundry facilities in the basement. There is also a single two-bedroom unit on the top (10th) floor.<ref>[http://facilities.columbia.edu/housing/specialty-housing#LawHousing]</ref>
+The building consists of furnished and unfurnished studios and one bedroom apartments in a small corridor setting, each equipped with basic kitchen facilities. Common laundry facilities are located in the basement. There is also a single two-bedroom unit on the top (10th) floor.<ref>[http://facilities.columbia.edu/housing/specialty-housing#LawHousing]</ref>
 In 2010, about eight rooms in the building were made available to incoming transfer students in [[Columbia College|CC]] and [[SEAS]].  Much like [[548 W 113th St]] the year before, it is expected that these spaces might remain part of the undergraduate residence hall system in years to come, due mostly to the increased number of students in [[Columbia College]].

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 Built in 1907 as a hotel, the building hosted the Hotel Westminster and later the King's Crown Hotel.<ref>[http://www.cardcow.com/306123/kings-crown-hotel-new-york/ Old Postcard of the King's Crown Hotel before "Little Warren" (410 W 116 St) was built]</ref> The building was purchased in the 1970s by the Trustees of Columbia University and transformed into residence units for Law School faculty and students.
-== Famous residents ==
+=== Famous residents ===
-Physicist [[Leó Szilárd]] and Nobel laureate [[Enrico Fermi]] lived in King's Crown Hotel in the late 1930s.<ref>Peace and Security: The Next Generation, edited by George A. Lopez & Nancy J. Myers, (c) 1997 Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, ISBN 0-8476-8594-2, page 13</ref> Their accidental encounter in the hotel lobby in January 1939 led to "one of the more colorful - and contentious - partnerships in the history of science" and turned out to be of fundamental importance for the success of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project Manhattan Project].<ref>[http://www.sciamdigital.com/index.cfm?fa=Products.ViewIssuePreview&ISSUEID_CHAR=08C6A4E3-458A-4815-96BB-0452D7C8CCF&ARTICLEID_CHAR=BE6EAA76-32CF-44F3-925B-7C4497030E7 William Lanouette, The Odd Couple and the Bomb in: The Science of War: Nuclear History, Scientific American - Exclusive Online Issues ]</ref>
+Physicist [[Leó Szilárd]] and Nobel laureate [[Enrico Fermi]] lived in King's Crown Hotel in the late 1930s.<ref>Peace and Security: The Next Generation, edited by George A. Lopez & Nancy J. Myers, (c) 1997 Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, ISBN 0-8476-8594-2, page 13</ref> Their accidental encounter in the hotel lobby in January [[1939]] led to "one of the more colorful - and contentious - partnerships in the history of science" and turned out to be of fundamental importance for the success of the [[Manhattan Project]].<ref>[http://www.sciamdigital.com/index.cfm?fa=Products.ViewIssuePreview&ISSUEID_CHAR=08C6A4E3-458A-4815-96BB-0452D7C8CCF&ARTICLEID_CHAR=BE6EAA76-32CF-44F3-925B-7C4497030E7 William Lanouette, The Odd Couple and the Bomb in: The Science of War: Nuclear History, Scientific American - Exclusive Online Issues ]</ref>
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−	'''420 West 116th Street''' (sometimes referred to as ''King's Crown'') is a law school-only apartment building managed by [[University Apartment Housing]] with furnished and unfurnished studios and one bedroom apartments, as well as a single two-bedroom unit on the top (10th) floor.<ref>[http://facilities.columbia.edu/housing/specialty-housing#LawHousing]</ref> Its ground floor is also home to the [~~http://www.columbia.edu/cu/german/deutsches-haus/~~ Deutsches Haus], which hosts academic, cultural and social events for Columbia's Department of Germanic Languages.	+	'''420 West 116th Street''' (sometimes referred to as ''King's Crown'') is a law school-only apartment building managed by [[University Apartment Housing]] with furnished and unfurnished studios and one bedroom apartments, as well as a single two-bedroom unit on the top (10th) floor.<ref>[http://facilities.columbia.edu/housing/specialty-housing#LawHousing]</ref> Its ground floor is also home to the [[Deutsches Haus]], which hosts academic, cultural and social events for Columbia's [[German Department\|Department of Germanic Languages]].

	== History ==		== History ==