Trustees Approve Building Connector

11-7-97
University Park, Pa. --- The Penn State Board of Trustees approved today (Nov. 7) a two-story connector between the planned HUB-Robeson Complex and the White Building on the University Park campus.

The design is by Williams Trebilcock Whitehead Architects of Pittsburgh, who also created the HUB/Robeson Complex. The 19,180-square-foot walkway will be finished in brick veneer and precast stone trim, matching the HUB/Robeson complex, now in the initial stages of construction and planned for completion in fall 1999.

The connector will extend from the new Paul Robeson Center, which will be built on the south side facing the HUB lawn. It will extend along the front of the Penn State Bookstore and join White Building at the existing walkway between the two wings of White Building.

The lower level of the connector will be an open arcade, allowing easy access in all directions, between the HUB/Robeson Center, the Penn State Bookstore, White Building and Shortlidge Road. The second level will be enclosed in glass for weather protection. The construction budget is estimated at $2.8 million.

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