Forbes Hall
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Forbes Hall is a residence hall of the University of Pittsburgh (Oakland campus) and is located in Forbes Pavilion on Forbes Avenue approximately four blocks from the Litchfield Towers complex. The name Forbes Hall, which specifically refers to the residence hall component of the building, is sometimes interchangeably used with the name Forbes Pavilion, which refers to the entire six-story structure.
Use
A student mail center and printer are also available in the lobby of Forbes Hall for use by those with a Pitt user account.
A large recreation hall is on the second floor, complete with television and pool table. A second floor rooftop patio overlooks Forbes Avenue with an adjoining indoor patio room.
Occupying the remaining floors of Forbes Hall are a mix of 232 first-year men and women in double rooms that are air-conditioned. Some of the doubles have adjoining semi-private bathrooms. There are communal showers, two kitchenettes, and a laundry area on each floor. Each wing of Forbes Hall has a study room. Select rooms overlooking Forbes Avenue and Euler Way in the back of the building have small balcony areas accessible by two adjacent rooms.[1] Each room is provided with a cable connection and Wi-Fi coverage.
Students Pursuing Academics and Careers in Engineering, commonly referred to as the "SPACE" was relocated to Forbes Hall in 2011[2] after previously being located in Litchfield Tower A.[3] Prior to this, from the Fall of 2007 semester until 2011, Forbes Hall had housed the University Honors College program for first-year and upper-class men and women, which was subsequently moved to Sutherland Hall.[2]
History
Forbes Pavilion was originally built as a nursing home whose construction was completed in 1964,[4] the nursing home closed after eight years of operations due to financial difficulty.[5][6] The facility was acquired by the university and renovated to provide living quarters to students.[7] The residence hall, consisting of three wings of four floors or residential space each, opened to students in September 1978.[8][9] The University's Health Book Center, previously located for 20 years in Scaife Hall, was located on the lowest level of Forbes Pavilion from 1988 to 2011, prior to moving into the main university book store, The Book Center, on the ground level of Holland Hall.[10]
It is alleged that Dan Marino lived in Forbes Hall during his college days.
G-20 incident
On the evening of September 24, 2009, the city of Pittsburgh was in the first official day of hosting the 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit. Protesters and police in riot gear, many of whom on both sides were from outside the region, clashed in and around the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland and along Forbes Avenue.[11] The protesters, who had lit a garbage dumpster on fire, were pushed by the police down to the proximity of Forbes Hall where students were observing the scene from the Forbes Hall second floor patio and from their room balconies. Police then allegedly projected canisters of pepper spray onto the patio or balconies of Forbes Hall essentially gassing the students who lived in the dorms, an action that resulted in at least one student being treated at the nearby hospital, UPMC Presbyterian.[12]
References
- ^ "Forbes Hall". University of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ a b Panther Central: Residence Hall Living (PDF). University of Pittsburgh. 2011. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ University of Pittsburgh Residential Handbook 2009-2010 (PDF). University of Pittsburgh Department of University Marketing Communications. 2009. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
- ^ Friedman, Arthur R. (1963-06-17). "Boom On in Building of Nursing Homes Here". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ Pierce, Henry W. (1972-06-06). "Nursing Home Closing Blamed On Inadequate Pa. Welfare Aid". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Nursing Home Faces U.S. Sale". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1976-03-23. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ Moyle, Mike (1978-01-24). "Nursing Home's Change to Pitt Dorm Approved". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ Mannella, Susan (1978-09-09). "Remodeled Nursing Home Adds Much-Needed Dorm Space at Pitt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ Fact Book 1983. University of Pittsburgh. 1983. p. 77. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ Barlow, Kimberly K. (2011-03-17). "2 Pitt book stores merging". University Times. Vol. 43, no. 14. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
- ^ Urbina, Ian (2009-09-24). "Protesters Are Met by Tear Gas at G-20 Conference". The New York Times. New York, NY. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ Carroll, Lindsay (2009-10-19). "Police gassed students on second-floor patio of residence hall during G-20". The Pitt News. Pittsburgh, PA. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
