Morris A. Schapiro Hall, popularly known as Schapiro, is an undergraduate residence hall of

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. The building is named after investment banker

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, who oversaw the merger of

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and

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as well as the

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and

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. It is located half a

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from the university's main campus, near the intersection of

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and 115th Street in the

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neighborhood of the borough of

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. Upon its completion in 1988, at a cost of $18 million, Schapiro allowed the university to house all its undergraduates in dormitories for the first time. This policy is now promised to all current and incoming undergraduate students at Columbia and Barnard. The 17-story building is one of the newer residences at Columbia and contains 245 single and 85 double residences, music practice rooms, floor lounges, and two study spaces. The "Penthouse," the 17th floor, has a quiet study space for students and no residential rooms. The building was designed by the architectural firm

Gruzen Samton Steinglass Jordan L. Gruzen (1934–2015) was an American architect. Gruzen was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, to B. Sumner Gruzen, an architect. He graduated from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in 1957. He then attended the University of ...

Famous residents

Patrick Radden Keefe Patrick Radden Keefe (born 1976) is an American writer and investigative journalist. He is the author of five books—''Chatter,'' ''The Snakehead,'' '' Say Nothing,'' ''Empire of Pain,'' and ''Rogues''—and has written extensively for many publ ...

, American author and winner of the

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in 2021

References

External links

Schapiro Hall at Columbia Housing
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', lecture by Professor Andrew S. Dolkart on October 5, 1999 *
Home on the Heights: 100 Years of Housing at Columbia
' by Michael Foss, ''Columbia College Today'', September 2005 {{Columbia University Columbia University dormitories University and college dormitories in the United States