University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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4 This summer the new School of Nursing building will be opened over the parking garage facing Lothrop Street. The metal clad building contains two elevators, ten electric stairways, three large lecture halls and connects all nursing student buildings, including the Lothrop Residence Hall. The Department of General Services of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania built the school at an estimated cost of eight million.

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AN EXPANDING CAMPUS . . . The Professional Quadrangle, built at an estimated cost of 37 million dollars, will be opened in late winter or early spring of 1977. The Quadrangle, which covers 773,000 square feet, will service the School of International Public Affairs and the School of Education along with seven other departments. The interior containing five elevators, ten electric stairways, 2700 linear feet of movable walls and carpeted offices and lecture halls, was designed by four architects and one engineer. Constructed of concrete, brick and limestone, the building has two garages and is connected to the Litchfield Towers patio by an overhead walkway crossing Forbes Avenue. The Professional Quadrangle was built for the University by the General Services of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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30 aN ever CHANGING FACE The Pitt campus ha been under construction for well over ten year . The massive building program initiated by then Chancellor Edward Litchfield has been carried on by Chancellor Wesley Posvar, and will reach fulfillment in September of 1977 when the Professional Quad is completed. A long way from the Gothic paradise once proposed, the campus is a cluster of imposing iron and cement structures of the latest designs, serving more than 12,000 undergraduates. The facilities support a total of 30,000 plus including faculty, students and staff.