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Janus Court, 1913. Built by private developers in 1910, Janus Court would only function as a private residence for less than a decade. In 1919, Teachers College at Columbia University purchased the building to meet the demand for student housing. It was renamed Seth Low Hall, and is the only Columbia building named for the once university president (the well-known Low Law Library is named for Seth's father, Abiel Abbot Low.
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Manhattan: Morningside Drive - 121st Street (West) Morningside Drive (stop the slope, buildings thereupon), at West 121st Street as viewed westward from Morningside Park and showing several apartment houses that are from left to right, the 6 story Palemetto, the 9 Story Janus Court, the 6 story Shelbourne Hall, the 5 \[sic] story Circle and the 6 story Curty Rebelle. April 1915. George L. Balgue. Another view of the same area from a point slightly to the south. April 1915 George L. Balgue. Note May, 21, 2015: These are: 100 Morningside Drive 106 Morningside Drive (now called Seth Low Hall) 110 Morningside Drive 114 Morningside Drive (The Circle -- a 6 story building not 5) 130 Morningside Drive (now called Marie Runyon Hall)
106 Morningside Drive
Manhattan: Morningside Drive - 121st Street (West) Morningside Drive (stop the slope, buildings thereupon), at West 121st Street as viewed westward from Morningside Park and showing several apartment houses that are from left to right, the 6 story Palemetto, the 9 Story Janus Court, the 6 story Shelbourne Hall, the 5 \[sic] story Circle and the 6 story Curty Rebelle. April 1915. George L. Balgue. Another view of the same area from a point slightly to the south. April 1915 George L. Balgue. Note May, 21, 2015: These are: 100 Morningside Drive 106 Morningside Drive (now called Seth Low Hall) 110 Morningside Drive 114 Morningside Drive (The Circle -- a 6 story building not 5) 130 Morningside Drive (now called Marie Runyon Hall)
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