Yet another building in which you just have to wonder what the architects were smoking. Is this a standard feature of College campuses? It seems half the buildings on campus were designed/built by the lowest bidder, and all the money they got went straight to their drug budget. From buildings facing the wrong way, stairways to nowhere, tunnels to nowhere, half-floors, funky hallways, and bizzare classrooms, the maintenance staff must be nearly insane by now. Fortunately O'Neill's ideosyncracies are more interesting than pointless, although some seem to be safety and security hazards.
This is the only buidling besides Irving II which has a complete "interstitial"
or half-floor system. They have catwalks over the cieling tiles
of the floor below, but the amount of utility shit filling the space
makes it difficult to use the catwalks. You'd think ladders from below
would be just as useful.
The stairwells and elevators go to the half floors, sometimes things
are left unlocked. Another way in is through the cieling tiles from below.
The doors blocking the stairs to the roof can be easily bypassed, fortunately
the
construction workers in charge were too stoned to notice the climbable
railings.
An air vent with a thin plaster floor, I stepped on it and almost fell
through into some kind of tunnel. Unfortunately I couldnt find a safe way
down.