Wallach Hall - Revision history

Chandler at 20:51, 26 February 2025

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Yellow chestnut81 at 07:47, 10 February 2025

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Gutenwod at 02:08, 19 September 2020

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Karlymarx: Image refresh

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Christianist at 19:12, 17 April 2015

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Pacman: /* Notable residents */

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‎Notable residents

Uf001 at 03:22, 24 April 2013

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Absentminded: /* References */

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‎References

Absentminded: /* History */

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‎History

Absentminded at 18:28, 5 April 2013

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 |Population=235}}
-'''Wallach Hall''' is one of two [[:Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls|residence halls]] that make up the [[Living Learning Center]]. It was originally known as '''Livingston Hall'''.
+'''Wallach Hall''' is one of four [[:Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls|residence halls]] for first years. It formerly made up the [[Living Learning Center]]. It was originally known as '''Livingston Hall'''.
 == History ==
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 Wallach, like Hartley, has both singles and doubles of various sizes. Singles range from 94 sq ft to 130 sq ft and doubles from 194 sq ft to 222 sq ft. The 9th floor has larger rooms, and the 10th floor is for the building [[CPA]] and his or her friends.
-Rooms used to be priced according to size, and the spendthrifts would therefore nab all the bigger rooms. Wallach was then incorporated in the [[LLC]]. Students who want to live in the LLC must now complete an extensive application. If they are accepted, they are assigned a random lottery number. Students are then able to select an LLC room in order of seniority (senior, junior, sophomore), or if they have the same seniority, in order of lottery number. A large number of sophomores apply in the hope of getting a single, thus avoiding the harsh reality of the normal student's housing lottery.
+Rooms used to be priced according to size, and the spendthrifts would therefore nab all the bigger rooms. Wallach was then incorporated in the [[LLC]]. Students who want to live in the LLC had tocomplete an extensive application. If they were accepted, they were then assigned a random lottery number. Students were then able to select an LLC room in order of seniority (senior, junior, sophomore), or if they have the same seniority, in order of lottery number. A large number of sophomores would apply in the hope of getting a single, thus avoiding the harsh reality of the normal student's housing lottery.
-Wallach, along with Hartley, is no longer especially popular among seniors due to all these complications.
+Wallach, along with Hartley, was no longer especially popular among seniors due to all these complications.
 Wallach was recently renovated, removing the suites and turning it into a pseudo-Furnald. Hardwood floors, nicer bathrooms, and a fresh coat of paint make it significantly more desirable than Hartley. The walls are still paper-thin though.
-Despite what the Columbia Housing website said until recently, Wallach has no laundry room and residents must use either the one in Hartley (accessible through the tunnel in the basement) or the one in John Jay (also through the basement; especially recommended for B- and C-suite residents).
+As of 2024, Hartley now houses first-years.
 Like Hartley, Wallach has an underwhelming "Sky Lounge" on the top floor which is a small room with skylights that is usually used for studying.
 Wallach also has an [[Esports Lounge]] located in the lobby.
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 == Floor plans ==
 <gallery>
 Image:Wallach 2001.jpg|Floor 2

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	Like Hartley, Wallach has an underwhelming "Sky Lounge" on the top floor which is a small room with skylights that is usually used for studying.		Like Hartley, Wallach has an underwhelming "Sky Lounge" on the top floor which is a small room with skylights that is usually used for studying.
		+	Wallach also has an [[Esports Lounge]] located in the lobby.

	== Photos ==		== Photos ==

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	Despite what the Columbia Housing website said until recently, Wallach has no laundry room and residents must use either the one in Hartley (accessible through the tunnel in the basement) or the one in John Jay (also through the basement; especially recommended for B- and C-suite residents).		Despite what the Columbia Housing website said until recently, Wallach has no laundry room and residents must use either the one in Hartley (accessible through the tunnel in the basement) or the one in John Jay (also through the basement; especially recommended for B- and C-suite residents).
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		+	Like Hartley, Wallach has an underwhelming "Sky Lounge" on the top floor which is a small room with skylights that is usually used for studying.

	== Photos ==		== Photos ==

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 {{Infobox reshall
 |Name=Wallach
-|Image=Wallach.jpg
+|Image=[[FIle:Wallach.jpg]]
 |Built=[[1904]]
 |Renovated= 2012-2013

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 |Population=235}}
-'''Wallach Hall''' is one of two [[:Category:Residence halls|residence halls]] that make up the [[Living Learning Center]]. It was originally known as '''Livingston Hall'''.
+'''Wallach Hall''' is one of two [[:Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls|residence halls]] that make up the [[Living Learning Center]]. It was originally known as '''Livingston Hall'''.
 == History ==

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 *[[Hal Chase]], [[Beat Generation]] member
 *[[Jack Giorno]], poet who was Andy Warhol's lover
-*[[Jack Kerouac]], [[Beat Generation]] author, who preferred it over [[Hartley]]
+*[[Jack Kerouac]], [[Beat Generation]] author, who preferred it over [[Hartley]] because his room there was a single, had a view of [[South Field]] rather than [[Amsterdam Avenue]], and had fewer cockroaches.
 == Description==

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 == References ==
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+<references/>
 [[Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls]]
 [[Category:Renamed buildings and facilities]]

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 == History ==
-Construction on Wallach started in 1904 and was completed in 1905. Wallach is, along with its twin,[[Hartley Hall]], the oldest dormitory on campus. While Hartley was funded by the most mic-drop senior class gift of all time, Wallach was built with University funds to match young Marcellus Dodge. Both are part of the original [[McKim, Mead, and White]] Master Plan. Wallach was originally named Livingston Hall, after [[Robert Livingston|Robert R. Livingston]], a [[King's College]] alumnus active in the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention. This is ironic because Robert Livingston's uncle, [[William Livingston]], had led some of the most vociferous opposition to the formation of King's College.
+Construction on Wallach started in 1904 and was completed in 1905. Wallach is, along with its twin, [[Hartley Hall]], the oldest dormitory on campus. While Hartley was funded by the most mic-drop senior class gift of all time, Wallach was built with University funds to match young Marcellus Dodge. Both are part of the original [[McKim, Mead, and White]] Master Plan. Wallach was originally named Livingston Hall, after [[Robert Livingston|Robert R. Livingston]], a [[King's College]] alumnus active in the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention. This is ironic because Robert Livingston's uncle, [[William Livingston]], had led some of the most vociferous opposition to the formation of King's College.
 The building was renamed after Columbia College alumnus [[Ira D. Wallach]], who donated $2 million for the building to be completely renovated in 1979, despite the voiced displeasure of alumni.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19790917-01.2.3 "Alumni named in $4M dorm gift"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CIV, 17 September 1979</ref><ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19791115-01.2.4 "Livingston will be renamed for alum"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CIV, 15 November 1979</ref><ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19800122-01.2.11 "S. Campus rehab costs rise by $1.5 million"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CIV, 22 January 1980</ref> Appropriately, a $2 million gift from alumnus [[Jerome L. Greene]] funded a simultaneous renovation of Hartley, though Greene, unlike Wallach, bowed to sentiment and eventually requested that Hartley not be renamed.