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| IST
Building on track
for November completion
January
15, 2003
The new Information
Sciences and Technology Building, already a landmark on the
Penn State University Park campus, is expected to be completed
as scheduled this November, according to the executive overseeing
the project. Anne B. Pernell of the Turner Construction Co.
said workers are forging ahead through the winter months, with
their next major goal finishing the outer skin of the three-story,
800-foot-long structure this spring.
Photos
were taken by Greg Grieco. |
Construction continues to progress on the Information Sciences
and Technology Building on Penn State's University Park campus. |
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The bridge across Atherton Street, seen from the ground.
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A large lecture hall is included in the building design. |
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View of Atherton Street from under the IST Building bridge.
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Workers are busy inside the structure as well. |
The main staircase leads to a restaurant/atrium area. |
The view from the restaurant area. |
Another view of the work on the building. |
View from the West Campus side of the building. In the distance,
the campus gates at the corner of Burrowes and Pollock Roads
are visible. |
Another view of from the overpass. |
A skylight area is visible in this view. |
The restaurant and atrium areas are visible in this view. |
Another view of the main staircase, restaurant and atrium areas
of the building. |
The signature curve of the building is evident from this angle. |
Another view of the building. |
Again, the signature curve is visible in this view from the
roof of the new building. |
A ground-level view of the building. |