Fayerweather Hall - Revision history

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 ==Contents==
-Fayerweather's vintage interiors, which look and feel exactly like what you'd expect an old [[Ivy League]] school academic building to look and feel like, hold captive the [[History Department|History]] and [[Sociology Department|Sociology]] Departments. Walking around the sixth floor and discerning, in the dim hall lights, the nameplates of world famous historians on office doors, is enough to leave most history students awestruck. The offices themselves are often worlds away from the grimness of the halls - they feature soaring ceilings and, sometimes, sumptuous decorations. [[Eric Foner]] and [[Mark Mazower]]'s offices are particularly fine.
+Fayerweather's vintage interiors, which look and feel exactly like what you'd expect an old [[Ivy League]] school academic building to look and feel like, if Ivy League schools didn't have the money to renovate them, hold captive the [[History Department|History]] and [[Sociology Department|Sociology]] Departments. Walking around the sixth floor and discerning, in the dim hall lights, the nameplates of world famous historians on office doors, is enough to leave most history students awestruck. The offices themselves are often worlds away from the grimness of the halls - they feature soaring ceilings and, sometimes, sumptuous decorations. [[Eric Foner]] and [[Mark Mazower]]'s offices are particularly fine.
 The building's nether-regions hold some studios of the [[Architecture School]], as well as bathrooms with what seem like their original, 19th century stalls. The basement actually links to [[Brownie's Cafe]], a subterranean, cash-only grad student and architecture prof haunt that itself links to [[Avery Hall]].

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 The Fayerweather ventilation shaft brings air into Fayerweather. It is dark, and there are pieces of dirt in the bottom of it. It is approximately three feet tall. It leads in the direction of the [[Old powerhouse]] out of the bottom Fayerweather, but it could easily go to [[Low Library]] or [[Avery Hall]]. To find the shaft, root around in the Fayerweather basement until you find, in a back corner, an air duct opening that says "DANGER OPEN SHAFT". Inside you will find a pipe leading down. It's a vertical drop down of about 5-7 feet. Once you get down it levels out, and heads out for a long way. Where it goes is anyone's guess, but it does seem to go on for a considerable distance, and it may branch out. A similar, but inaccessible shaft exists in the old mental institution tunnels, which might possibly be part of the same system.
-[[Category:Buildings on the Morningside Heights campus]]
+[[Category:Buildings]]
 [[Category:History Department]]

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 ==History==
-The building was erected in the late 19th century, and named after Daniel B. Fayerweather, a wealthy shoe manufacturer who had no connection whatsoever to Columbia, but decided to give a few hundred thousand dollars anyway.
+The building was erected in [[1897]], designed by [[McKim, Mead, and White]], and named after Daniel B. Fayerweather, a wealthy shoe manufacturer who had no connection whatsoever to Columbia, but decided to give a few hundred thousand dollars anyway.
 During the [[1968 protests]] Fayerweather was occupied by students. They even held a wedding during the course of the occupation.

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-[[Image:Fayerweather.jpg|thumb|300px|Fayerweather Hall]]
+[[Image:Fayerweather.jpg|thumb|300px|Fayerweather Hall. The skylight in the foreground pours light into the subterranean [[Brownie's Cafe]]]]
 [[Image:FayerweatherFront.jpg|thumb|300px|Fayerweather Hall]]
-'''Fayerweather Hall''' is an old building that hasn't been renovated in decades. Its vintage interiors, which look and feel exactly like what you'd expect an old [[Ivy League]] school academic building to look and feel like, hold captive the [[History Department|History]] and [[Sociology Department|Sociology]] Departments. Walking around the sixth floor and discerning, in the dim hall lights, the nameplates of world famous historians on office doors, is enough to leave most history students awestruck. Its nether-regions hold some studios of the [[Architecture School]], as well as bathrooms with what seem like their original, 19th century stalls.
+'''Fayerweather Hall''' is a decaying old building that hasn't been renovated in decades.
 ==History==
-The building was named after Daniel B. Fayerweather, a wealthy shoe manufacturer who had no connection whatsoever to Columbia, but decided to give a few hundred thousand dollars anyway.
+The building was erected in the late 19th century, and named after Daniel B. Fayerweather, a wealthy shoe manufacturer who had no connection whatsoever to Columbia, but decided to give a few hundred thousand dollars anyway.
 During the [[1968 protests]] Fayerweather was occupied by students. They even held a wedding during the course of the occupation.

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 [[Image:FayerweatherFront.jpg|thumb|300px|Fayerweather Hall]]
-'''Fayerweather Hall''' is an old building that hasn't been renovated in decades. Its vintage interiors, which look and feel exactly like what you'd expect an old [[Ivy League]] school academic building to look and feel like, hold captive the [[History Department|History]] and [[Sociology Department|Sociology]] Departments. Still, walking around the sixth floor and discerning, in the dim hall lights, the nameplates of world famous historians on office doors, is enough to leave most history students awestruck.
+'''Fayerweather Hall''' is an old building that hasn't been renovated in decades. Its vintage interiors, which look and feel exactly like what you'd expect an old [[Ivy League]] school academic building to look and feel like, hold captive the [[History Department|History]] and [[Sociology Department|Sociology]] Departments. Walking around the sixth floor and discerning, in the dim hall lights, the nameplates of world famous historians on office doors, is enough to leave most history students awestruck. Its nether-regions hold some studios of the [[Architecture School]], as well as bathrooms with what seem like their original, 19th century stalls.
 ==History==

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 Interestingly enough, the building originally housed the [[Physics Department]] before it moved into bigger digs in [[Pupin Physics Laboratories]].
-The last time it was touched was the 1980s, when the large lecture room on the third floor (the entry level from campus) was repainted. Barely.
+The last time it was touched was the 1980s, when the large lecture room on the third floor (the entry level from campus) was repainted, barely, for a film shoot.
 == Ventilation shaft ==

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 [[Image:FayerweatherFront.jpg|thumb|300px|Fayerweather Hall]]
-'''Fayerweather Hall''' is an old building that hasn't been renovated in decades. Its vintage interiors, which look and feel exactly like what you'd expect an old [[Ivy League]] school academic building to look and feel like, holds captive the [[History Department|History]] and [[Sociology Department|Sociology]] Departments. Walking around the sixth floor and looking at the nameplates of world famous historians on office doors is enough to leave most history students awestruck.
+'''Fayerweather Hall''' is an old building that hasn't been renovated in decades. Its vintage interiors, which look and feel exactly like what you'd expect an old [[Ivy League]] school academic building to look and feel like, hold captive the [[History Department|History]] and [[Sociology Department|Sociology]] Departments. Walking around the sixth floor and looking at the nameplates of world famous historians on office doors is enough to leave most history students awestruck.
 It was named after Daniel B. Fayerweather, a wealthy shoe manufacturer who had no connection whatsoever to Columbia, but decided to give a few hundred thousand dollars anyway.