Sandburg Halls: Difference between revisions

| floor_count = West Tower 16 floors South Tower 20 floors North Tower 26 floors East Tower 17 floors

| elevator_count = Approx. 13 (public access)

| parking = 2 levels underneath Sandburg towers.

'''Sandburg Residence Hall''' is a student [[residence hall]] on Maryland Ave, [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] on the campus of [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]].<ref>{{Citecite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Sean |title=State budget includes funds for UWM's Sandburg Hall renovation, hospital complex rehab |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2017/02/21/state-budget-includes-fundsfor-uwms-sandburg-hall.html |website=www.bizjournals.com |publisher=Milwaukee Business Journal |access-date=2020-08-2710 June 2023 |websitearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123155/http://www.bizjournals.com:80/milwaukee/news/2017/02/21/state-budget-includes-fundsfor-uwms-sandburg-hall.html |archive-date=Mar 7, 2017 |language=en |date=Feb 21, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The building consists of four high rise towers and is the largest student residence hall of the school with 2,700-student housing capacity.<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.uwm.edu/housing/communities/sandburg/ | title = Sandburg Halls, UW Milwaukee Housing| publisher = University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | accessdate = 2010-10-26}}</ref> The north and west towers were erected in 1971, the south tower in 1973 and the east tower in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lauren Anderson|date=2019-02-22|title=State OKs Sandburg Hall renovation on UWM campus|url=https://biztimes.com/state-oks-sandburg-hall-renovation-on-uwm-campus/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News|language=en-US}}</ref> The four towers are connected with a 2-floor Sandburg Commons. The University Housing offices and Police Department also reside in Sandburg Hallsinside. The tallest of the buildings, the north tower, reaches 242&nbsp;ft (74.0 m) tall (building), and up to 481&nbsp;ft (146.8m) tall (including the antenna on the roof) (antenna has since been removed as of 2024).<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3655| title = Sandburg Hall North-skyscraperpage.com| publisher = Sky Scraper Page.com | accessdate = 2010-10-26}}</ref> Sandburg Halls is named for the American writer and poet [[Carl Sandburg]]. There is a plaque outside the building explaining Sandburg's role as an organizer for the Social Democratic Party, and as personal secretary to Emil Seidel, Milwaukee's first Socialist mayor.

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