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Hillel's
New Home
The
$12 million project will consist of a three-story structure with
a total of 35,000 square feet. The facility will feature a two-story,
glass-enclosed entrance and recreation area, a coffee bar and an
outdoor terrace in front.
Steinhardt
Hall will also have meeting rooms and administrative space for the
campus' 27 Jewish student organizations, a graduate student lounge
and a Judaic library and reading room. The center will be able to
accomodate Penn's 6,000 Jewish students.
The groundbreaking
ceremony will take place on Thursday, October 4, at 11 a.m. The
University community is invited to attend.
The
new Steinhardt Hall, Hillel at Penn has been named after Penn
alumnus Michael Steinhardt (W60), who contributed significant
funding to the project. Mr. Steinhardt is the founder of the
investment corporation Steinhardt Partners located in New
York City. His son David is also a Penn graduate (C'91).
Steinhardt
Hall will be located on 39th Street between Walnut and Locust
Streets and construction is expected to begin in November
of this year with completion anticipated in the spring of
2003.
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Judy and Michael Steinhardt at the Hillel
Student
Leaders Assembly.
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Steinhardt
Hall Site Plan
Site Plan rendering by Jacobs/Wyper, Architects
Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 6, October 2, 2001
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ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:
Tuesday,
October 2, 2001
Volume 48 Number 6
www.upenn.edu/almanac/
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