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 == Existing external gates ==
-Gates are found at the following locations and are open 24-hours, unless otherwise noted:
+The following are regular hours for the gates. Gates are found at the following locations and are open 24-hours, unless otherwise noted:
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	Although today gates are an important icon of life at Columbia, in 1942 the Spectator called for ripping them all down and donating them as scrap metal to the war effort.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19421013-01.2.5]</ref>		Although today gates are an important icon of life at Columbia, in 1942 the Spectator called for ripping them all down and donating them as scrap metal to the war effort.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19421013-01.2.5]</ref>
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		+	The university sometimes closes select gates during inclement weather, though the 116th Street gates are virtually always open, closing once a year during [[University Commencement]]. The gates also close during citywide emergencies such as September 11th, or events dubbed campus emergencies such as the [[Gaza Solidarity Encampment]] protests.

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 The pair of gates donated by the Class of 1929 that flank Butler Library on 114th Street were erected in June of [[1954]], a gift of the Class of [[1929]] on its 25th anniversary in honor of [[Columbia's Bicentennial]].

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-The university sometimes closes select gates during inclement weather, though the 116th Street gates are virtually always open, closing once a year during [[University Commencement]]. The gates also close during citywide emergencies such as September 11th.
+The university sometimes closes select gates during inclement weather, though the 116th Street gates are virtually always open, closing once a year during [[University Commencement]]. The gates also close during citywide emergencies such as September 11th, or events dubbed campus emergencies such as the [[Gaza Solidarity Encampment]] protests.
 The pair of gates donated by the Class of 1929 that flank Butler Library on 114th Street were erected in June of [[1954]], a gift of the Class of [[1929]] on its 25th anniversary in honor of [[Columbia's Bicentennial]].

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 === The Midtown Campus Gate ===
-Standing innocuously between [[Butler Library]] and [[John Jay Hall]] is one of the few relics of Columbia's [[Midtown campus]]. The solid looking free standing gates that open onto [[Weston Plaza]] once stood on a 49th Street entrance onto campus, just east of Madison Avenue. Like the North Dutch Church Gates, the Midtown campus gate was erected in memory of Abram S. Hewitt.<ref>Its unclear when this gate ended up in its current location. [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=622248634465604&set=a.250307801659691.69035.129297810427358&type=1&stream_ref=10 This] undated photo of Hamilton Hall suggests that the gate originally stood on the walkway running east-west in front of Hamilton Hall. [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/feb01/feb01_quads1.html This CCT article] seems to suggest the Midtown Campus gate was going to be installed in front of Hamilton Hall around 2001. Maybe it was pulled out of storage like the [[Hartley Hall]] stained glass windows that were installed in Hamilton in 2004ish after spending over a half century in storage</ref>
+Standing innocuously between [[Butler Library]] and [[John Jay Hall]] is one of the few relics of Columbia's [[Midtown campus]]. The solid looking free standing gates that open onto [[Weston Plaza]] once stood on a 49th Street entrance onto campus, just east of Madison Avenue. Like the North Dutch Church Gates, the Midtown campus gate was erected in memory of Abram S. Hewitt.<ref>Its unclear when this gate ended up in its current location. [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=622248634465604&set=a.250307801659691.69035.129297810427358&type=1&stream_ref=10 This] undated photo of Hamilton Hall suggests that the gate originally stood on the walkway running east-west in front of Hamilton Hall. [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/feb01/feb01_quads1.html This CCT article] seems to suggest the Midtown Campus gate was going to be installed in front of Hamilton Hall around 2001. Maybe it was pulled out of storage like the [[Hartley Hall]] stained glass windows that were installed in Hamilton in 2004ish after spending over a half century in storage</ref>
 ==Former gates==

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 Long before the 116th Street gates were erected, the 'gates' on Columbia's campus referred to the three gates that stood around the Grove on the northern part of campus. The only one remaining today is the Class of 1882 gate on 120th Street, hidden behind [[CEPSR]], and designed by [[Charles McKim]]. The other 2 gates, among the most ornate gates to grace Columbia's Morningside Heights campus are a distant memory.
-The Mapes Memorial Gate, erected by the Classes of 1890-1892 in memory of Herbert Mapes, who either drowned while bathing or trying to save a woman's life, stood at the 119th Street entrance to the [[The Grove]] on Broadway, roughly where the shuttered service entrance between [[Levien Gymnasium]] and [[Chandler Hall]] is currently located.<ref>Pgs. 189-190, Columbia, by Frederick Paul Keppel. Curiously, earlier reports only mention that he drowned while bathing.([http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C10FE3B5515738DDDAB0A94D9405B8385F0D3 MEMORIAL TO HERBERT MAPES.; COLUMBIA MEN WILL ERECT A GATE IN HIS HONOR.] New York Times, 22 January 1893;[http://books.google.com/books?id=L67OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170#v=onepage&q&f=false Columbia University Bulletin, Vol. XVII, June 1897, pgs 170-171]) The Spectator, probably erroneously, says it's named after John Mapes [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19500109-01.2.30].</ref> Originally planned to be temporarily erected on the [[Midtown Campus]], it was eventually presented at Commencement in 1898.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=L67OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA236#v=onepage&q&f=false Columbia University Bulletin, Vol. XX, June 1898 pgs. 235-236]</ref> The Mapes Gate, which had been designed to accommodate carriages, was altered in 1948 to allow the passage of delivery trucks.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19481115-01.2.9 Mapes Gates Broadened As Modernism Hits CU ], Columbia Spectator, 15 November 1948.</ref> nevertheless, it suffered serious damage in 1950 when a coal truck drove through it by accident, although it was repaired later that year.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19500109-01.2.30 Truck Accident Damages 118 St. Driveway Gate], Columbia Spectator, 9 January 1950</ref><ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19501026-01.2.32 Mapes Gate's Repair Work Almost Done], Columbia Spectator, 26 October 1950; [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19501106-01.2.13 Worker Injured In Fall From Ladder], Columbia Spectator, 6 November 1950</ref> It's unclear what happened to the Mapes gate, but it was presumably demolished in the course of the construction of Levien and [[Dodge Fitness Center]] in [[the Grove]], if not earlier.
+The Mapes Memorial Gate, erected by the Classes of 1890-1892 in memory of Herbert Mapes, who either drowned while bathing or trying to save a woman's life, stood at the 119th Street entrance to the [[The Grove]] on Broadway, roughly where the shuttered service entrance between [[Levien Gymnasium]] and [[Chandler Hall]] is currently located.<ref>Pgs. 189-190, Columbia, by Frederick Paul Keppel. Curiously, earlier reports only mention that he drowned while bathing.([http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C10FE3B5515738DDDAB0A94D9405B8385F0D3 MEMORIAL TO HERBERT MAPES.; COLUMBIA MEN WILL ERECT A GATE IN HIS HONOR.] New York Times, 22 January 1893;[http://books.google.com/books?id=L67OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170#v=onepage&q&f=false Columbia University Bulletin, Vol. XVII, June 1897, pgs 170-171]) The Spectator, probably erroneously, says it's named after John Mapes [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19500109-01.2.30].</ref> Originally planned to be temporarily erected on the [[Midtown campus]], it was eventually presented at Commencement in 1898.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=L67OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA236#v=onepage&q&f=false Columbia University Bulletin, Vol. XX, June 1898 pgs. 235-236]</ref> The Mapes Gate, which had been designed to accommodate carriages, was altered in 1948 to allow the passage of delivery trucks.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19481115-01.2.9 Mapes Gates Broadened As Modernism Hits CU ], Columbia Spectator, 15 November 1948.</ref> nevertheless, it suffered serious damage in 1950 when a coal truck drove through it by accident, although it was repaired later that year.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19500109-01.2.30 Truck Accident Damages 118 St. Driveway Gate], Columbia Spectator, 9 January 1950</ref><ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19501026-01.2.32 Mapes Gate's Repair Work Almost Done], Columbia Spectator, 26 October 1950; [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19501106-01.2.13 Worker Injured In Fall From Ladder], Columbia Spectator, 6 November 1950</ref> It's unclear what happened to the Mapes gate, but it was presumably demolished in the course of the construction of Levien and [[Dodge Fitness Center]] in [[the Grove]], if not earlier.
 At the opposite end of the service driveway, which used to be a scenic path through the now-vanished Grove, stood the Class of 1888 Gate, with a central gate dedicated to the University, flanked by side gates dedicated to the schools of the donor alumni, the School of Arts (the College) and the School of Mines. It was gifted by the Class of 1888 of the College and School of Mines in 1913 as a twenty fifth anniversary gift.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=O4ohAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA550&pg=PA462#v=onepage&q&f=false Columbia Alumni News, "Class of '88 Gates" Vol. 4 No. 31, April 25, 1913, pgs. 462-463] (note that there's a drawing of the gates but it didn't scan well)</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=O4ohAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA550&pg=PA549#v=onepage&q&f=false Columbia Alumni News, Vol. 4 No. 37, July 11, 1913, pgs. 549-550]</ref><ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19130604-01.2.27 New Gates For Campus Given By Class Of 1888], Columbia Spectator, 4 June 1913</ref> The nature and time of its demolition is also unknown, but it too has been replaced by a less than inspiring industrial-looking service entrance between [[Schermerhorn Extension]] and [[Mudd Hall]].

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 Long before the 116th Street gates were erected, the 'gates' on Columbia's campus referred to the three gates that stood around the Grove on the northern part of campus. The only one remaining today is the Class of 1882 gate on 120th Street, hidden behind [[CEPSR]], and designed by [[Charles McKim]]. The other 2 gates, among the most ornate gates to grace Columbia's Morningside Heights campus are a distant memory.
-The Mapes Memorial Gate, erected by the Classes of 1890-1892 in memory of Herbert Mapes, who drowned trying to save a woman's life,<ref>Pgs. 189-190, Columbia, by Frederick Paul Keppel. The Spectator also says its named after John Mapes[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19500109-01.2.30].</ref> stood at roughly 119th Street and Broadway, where the shuttered service entrance between [[Levien Gymnasium]] and [[Chandler Hall]] is currently located. It suffered serious damage in 1950 when a coal truck drove through it by accident.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19500109-01.2.30]</ref> It was probably demolished in the course of the construction of Levien and [[Dodge Fitness Center]] in [[the Grove]].
+The Mapes Memorial Gate, erected by the Classes of 1890-1892 in memory of Herbert Mapes, who either drowned while bathing or trying to save a woman's life, stood at the 119th Street entrance to the [[The Grove]] on Broadway, roughly where the shuttered service entrance between [[Levien Gymnasium]] and [[Chandler Hall]] is currently located.<ref>Pgs. 189-190, Columbia, by Frederick Paul Keppel. Curiously, earlier reports only mention that he drowned while bathing.([MEMORIAL TO HERBERT MAPES.; COLUMBIA MEN WILL ERECT A GATE IN HIS HONOR. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C10FE3B5515738DDDAB0A94D9405B8385F0D3] New York Times, 22 January 1893;[Columbia University Bulletin, Vol. XVII, June 1897, pgs 170-171 http://books.google.com/books?id=L67OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170#v=onepage&q&f=false]) The Spectator, probably erroneously, says it's named after John Mapes [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19500109-01.2.30].</ref> Originally planned to be temporarily erected on the [[Midtown Campus]], it was eventually presented at Commencement in 1898.<ref>[Columbia University Bulletin, Vol. XX, June 1898 pgs. 235-236 http://books.google.com/books?id=L67OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA236#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref> The Mapes Gate, which had been designed to accommodate carriages, was altered in 1948 to allow the passage of delivery trucks.<ref>[Mapes Gates Broadened As Modernism Hits CU http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19481115-01.2.9], Columbia Spectator, 15 November 1948.</ref> nevertheless, it suffered serious damage in 1950 when a coal truck drove through it by accident, although it was repaired later that year.<ref>[New Gates For Campus Given By Class Of 1888 http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19500109-01.2.30], Columbia Spectator</ref><ref>[Mapes Gate's Repair Work Almost Done http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19501026-01.2.32 26 October 1950]; [Worker Injured In Fall From Ladder http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19501106-01.2.13 6 November 1950]</ref> It's unclear what happened to the Mapes gate, but it was presumably demolished in the course of the construction of Levien and [[Dodge Fitness Center]] in [[the Grove]].
-At the opposite end of the service driveway, which used to be a scenic path through the now-vanished Grove, stood the Class of 1888 Gate, an elaborate gate with separate side gates dedicated to the Arts and Sciences. It too has been replaced by a less than inspiring service entrance between [[Schermerhorn Extension]] and [[Mudd Hall]].
+At the opposite end of the service driveway, which used to be a scenic path through the now-vanished Grove, stood the Class of 1888 Gate, with a central gate dedicated to the University, flanked by side gates dedicated to the schools of the donor alumni, the School of Arts (the College) and the School of Mines. It was gifted by the Class of 1888 of the College and School of Mines in 1913 as a twenty fifth anniversary gift.<ref>[Columbia Alumni News, "Class of '88 Gates" Vol. 4 No. 31, April 25, 1913, pgs. 462-463 http://books.google.com/books?id=O4ohAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA550&pg=PA462#v=onepage&q&f=false] (note that there's a drawing of the gates but it didn't scan well)</ref><ref>[Columbia Alumni News, Vol. 4 No. 37, July 11, 1913, pgs. 549-550 http://books.google.com/books?id=O4ohAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA550&pg=PA549#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref><ref>[New Gates For Campus Given By Class Of 1888 http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19130604-01.2.27], Columbia Spectator, 4 June 1913</ref> The nature and time of its demolition is also unknown, but it too has been replaced by a less than inspiring industrial-looking service entrance between [[Schermerhorn Extension]] and [[Mudd Hall]].
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 === The Grove Gates ===
 [[Image:MapesGate.jpg|thumb|240px|Barnard College graduates leaving through the Mapes Gate]]
 [[Image:1882Gate.jpg|thumb|240px|The Class of 1882 Gate on 120th Street. The lamp is no longer part of the gate today]]
 Long before the 116th Street gates were erected, the 'gates' on Columbia's campus referred to the three gates that stood around the Grove on the northern part of campus. The only one remaining today is the Class of 1882 gate on 120th Street, hidden behind [[CEPSR]], and designed by [[Charles McKim]]. The other 2 gates, among the most ornate gates to grace Columbia's Morningside Heights campus are a distant memory.