Transforming a 21<sup>st</sup> Century Urban College Campus New York, NY
The CUNY John Jay College School of Criminal Justice Expansion Project is a new 625,000-square foot academic building in Midtown Manhattan. The facility consists of a 15-story tower on 11th Avenue and a four-story podium with a garden roof that connects to the College’s existing Haaren Hall on 10th Avenue. Following significant growth in criminal justice interest over the last decade (partially in response to the attacks of September 11th) the new building was planned to accomplish a doubling of the existing facilities and unification of the campus into one city block – creating an academic city within a city. …