Main Entrance to Downtown Library
Posted by Admin.January 13th, 2000
The main entrance to Wise Library on WVU™s downtown campus closed permanently beginning at 7 a.m. Monday so workers can begin dismantling a steam tunnel beneath the sidewalk, a project official said. Library staff and patrons must now enter the building through a side entrance facing the Chemistry Research Building, said Ruth Nellis, coordinator of WVU’s library construction projects. The book drop-off at the main entrance will be moved to an area beneath the Research Building overhang, opposite the new library entrance. The sidewalk in front of Wise Library will remain open for two-three more weeks. “We wanted to have the entry changed prior to students getting back tocampus,” Nellis said. “We wanted to have the site logistics the same throughout the spring semester rather than make changes in the middle of the semester. “The steam tunnel demolition is required before workers can begin constructing a 124,000-square-foot addition to the library. The addition is part of a $33 million construction project that also includes renovations to the existing facility and consolidation of library facilities in Colson Hall and the Chemistry Research Building.
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