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Why is the entirety of Columbia University labeled as 1901? Low Library was built in 1895 [1], and a number of the buildings on campus date from when the area w
by santaclaus 13y ago
Why is the entirety of Columbia University labeled as 1901? Low Library was built in 1895 [1], and a number of the buildings on campus date from when the area was a mental asylum [2].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Memorial_Library http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Memorial_Library
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomingdale_Insane_Asylum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomingdale_Insane_Asylum
- tricolon 13y agoIt seems to be treating all of the Morningside campus as one building with the address 530 W 120th St, built in 1901. But that address corresponds to CEPSR, which was built in the 1990s. :/