Wallach Hall

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Wallach
Wallach.jpg
Built 1904
Renovated
Population 235
University Residence Halls
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Wallach Hall is one of two residence halls that make up the Living Learning Center. It was originally known as Livingston Hall.

History

Construction on Wallach started in 1904 and was completed in 1905. Wallach is one of the oldest residence halls on campus, along with Hartley Hall, its twin. Both are part of the original McKim, Mead, and White Master Plan. Wallach was originally named Livingston Hall, after 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 Wallach, after Columbia College alumnus Ira D. Wallach, who donated $2m for the building to be restored and renovated in the late 1970s.

Notable residents

Description

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 spendthrift 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.

Wallach, along with Hartley, is no longer especially popular among seniors due to all these complications.

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).

Photos

Floor plans

Map

<googlemap lat="40.806081" lon="-73.962077" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small"> 40.806081, -73.962077, Wallach residence hall </googlemap>

Building address

1116 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10025

Significant contributors

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