Classroom Building 603A (Grant Hall), University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (1964) - CARLI Digital Collections Featured Image

It's been an interesting fiscal year for higher education in Illinois, and on many occasions I have found my thoughts drawn to decades in which funding levels enabled universities to expand campuses and curricula. So, this week's featured image comes from the newest collection to join CARLI Digital Collections: Building UIC - The Facilities Collection, from the University of Illinois at Chicago. The photo shows a construction worker doing something constructiony (the metadata calls it "interior work" but I think it's important we stick to technical terms) to a wall during the building of Grant Hall. Part of the East Campus, Grant Hall and its brutalist-style neighbors were designed by architect Walter Netsch, who won several awards for the project. In recent years the building received a facelift, both functional and aesthetic: it was the first building on campus to use geothermal heating and cooling, recessed tinted windows became a shiny glass exterior that lets in natural light to nearly the entire building, and classrooms and even hallways are now rich with technology. This entire collection will appeal to those who have connections with the UI Chicago campus--enjoy!

Written by Anne Shelley, Illinois State University

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