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John Jay Hall, United States

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511 W 114th St
New York
NY 10027
USA

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John Jay Hall is a 15-story building located on the southeastern extremity of the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in the City of New York, on the northwestern corner of 114th St. and Amsterdam Avenue. Named for Founding Father, The Federalist Papers author, diplomat, and first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Jay (Class of 1764), it was among the last buildings designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, which had provided Columbia's original Morningside Heights campus plan, and was built from 1925 to 1929.
The building includes freshman housing for students of Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; John Jay Dining Hall, the university's primary undergraduate dining facility; JJ's Place, an underground student snack bar and convenience store; the university's health services center; and an elegant wood-paneled lounge. Among its most prominent residents was the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca.
Unlike Carman Hall, the other exclusively freshman dormitory at Columbia, in which rooms are double-occupancy and arranged in clusters of two around a common bathroom as a suite, John Jay Hall's accommodations consist primarily of single rooms along narrow corridors, generally with 3 double-occupancy rooms per floor. Other dormitories housing undergraduate freshmen (but not exclusively so) include Wallach and Hartley Halls (known as the Living Learning Center, as the two dormitories combine students of all ages and years).
Residents of John Jay Hall are treated to spacious floor lounges that boast large flat screen televisions and chairs for lounging. Floor lounges are a perfect spot to hang out with friends, play video games, watch a movie, or even do some homework. In addition to the floor lounges, resident of John Jay are also fortunate to have a kitchenette right down the hall. Complete with a microwave and large sink, the floor kitchenette comes in handy when JJers are looking to heat up a 'Cup of Noodles' or bag of popcorn. Every floor has a women's bathroom and a men's bathroom. Floor 15, known as the JJ penthouse, does not have a kitchenette or floor lounge.
The 2 old elevators in John Jay Hall are notoriously the slowest on Columbia campus. The main lounge of the dormitory was recently renovated and holds a large grand piano as well as older dark wood paneling.

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