page_title: University Place Office Building
section_title: Replacement with Nordenberg Hall
hierarchical_section_title: University Place Office Building / Replacement with Nordenberg Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Nordenberg Hall at the University of Pittsburgh
context_page_description: University Place Office Building was a 6-story building constructed in 1924 and had been a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Once located at 121 University Place, the building was originally the Schenley Office Physicians Building designed by architect Edward B. Lee and associate architect J. B. Blair for the Physicians Land Company. Long housing offices of physicians associated with the university's medical school and medical center, the building was acquired by the University in June 1983 for $1.25 million and then housed a variety of University offices including the University Center for Social and Urban Research, until its demolition in 2011.
context_section_description: University Office Place was demolished in August 2011, following the approval from the Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission, to make way for a new $59 million, 10-story, 559-bed university residence hall, named Nordenberg Hall that was designed by Mackey Mitchell Architects of St. Louis along with the Pittsburgh-based firm MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni Inc. Nordenberg Hall, which opened for the 2013 fall semester, occupies the former footprints of 121 University Place and its former adjacent parking lot at the corner of Fifth Avenue and University Place.  Former University Office Place resident UCSUR was relocated to the Gold Building (3343 Forbes Ave). Nordenberg Hall includes ground floor retail space, a university pharmacy, and a second floor student wellness and counseling center. The residence hall also contains two sound-proof music practice rooms, and on the third floor, a fitness room and an outdoor rooftop terrace.   The residence hall features 200-square-foot (19 m²) double-occupancy rooms that are equipped with small refrigerators, microwave ovens, and flat-screen TVs. Communal social spaces, study lounges, and bathrooms were intentionally designed to encourage students to leave their rooms to interact with other students and gain a sense of connectedness. The residence hall was named in honor of Mark Nordenberg, the university's previous chancellor who retired in August, 2014.
caption: Nordenberg Hall on the former site of the University Place Office Building
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