"Alter Hall will truly help us to build, invest and transform the future of The Fox School of Business."
M. Moshe Porat, Dean
The Fox School of Business and Management
Just when you thought the Alter Hall hole couldn’t get any deeper, it did.
A Fox electronics travel bag (or cosmetics bag, if you prefer) to the first person who can identify its purpose. It is obviously a base for something. What is it?
An historical record of Alter Hall construction and ongoing issues related to its operation.
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May 23rd, 2007 at 7:12 am
Is it a base for the building’s mechanical units?
May 23rd, 2007 at 7:54 am
Brian, While there are some mechanical elements included, that is not the primary purpose of this excavation.
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Perhaps the lowest point / teaching “pit” of the 270 seat auditorium?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:05 am
My first thought was perhaps a pool inside the atrium area, but then a more practical possibility hit me that perhaps it’s the base of a bank of elevators, given the additional square pits inside the large hole…they may be for heavier support beams for an elevator shaft???
May 24th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Marc, while it may mark the lowest point in Alter, it is NOT the Auditorium. Good guess though!
May 24th, 2007 at 8:29 am
Eureka! The hole will contain the footings and “basement” for the elevator core. The smaller holes within the large one are drainage areas for sump pumps. They are in fact at the water table level. Congratulations. Contact me to claim your prize!