Repository: UIHistories Project: UIS History 1969-1995 (Sangamon State Univ) [PAGE 19]

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w and facility needs for the sciences A* a result, a very baiic known about the long range teaching a ^ cons ,ruclcd. These new facility were also to building with simple • » ™ ^ f ^ S scicncc facilities could be constnKted Noon* knew y * be "temporary- until ^ ^ J g S ^ i o n o f {hoSC new facilities would bercomptoed ** it would be twenty years later wh n co ^ ^ ^ i q w - W p a i ^ wa, ta B, in particular Bu.ld.ng K, took longer ,• and for the laboratory caaework for the hexagonal, partial ' ^ ^ j i . y 1972 and laboratories were ready*, ClassroomsinBuilding|B>* £ "w^rnplcted June .972. Other facilities were alio May 1972. Construction o f n t h X ? a c S These included remodeling the south end ofBuUdtng adjacent to Building "C.M 3. Phase C At the February 19, 1972, meeting, the Board of Regents approved leasing a portion*rf theLdand Building,locatedatFifthandCapitolforthe "Capital Campus.- This space was occupied in tall 1972, Because the university's first permanent building, the Brookens Library, was substantially behind iu construction schedule and because of expanding enrollment, the university was again faced with a projected space crunch for fall 1973. Initially, it was thought that the university would rem more space downtown to meet expansion needs, but it was decided that additional space be ranted, and a new building (Building "L") be constructed on the main campus. This building and the additional rental space downtown were called "surge" space. Building "L" was designed in-house by the university architect, John Takeuchi. Included in the building along with classrooms and faculty offices, was space for the university's new radio station, WSSR. The building was also constructed with a relative high structure which would provide for high ceilings in the event the university decided to construct television studios in the building. Building "L" was occupied October 15, 1973 and was financed on a lease purchase contract payablefromoperating revenues over a six-year period Equipment for the | S Purchased from ca P ital fonds # * appropriated for the purchase of Brookens Ubran Space was also leased at the downtown campus location to provide stack ^ o . ix ~ collection. The bookstack space in the interim library I Z S ^ f ^ * S r O W i n * ,,bral> volumes December 1972. Building 1 had h J ^ ^ ^ l ^ "«*?* °f « * » anticipation ofthe new building proceeded faster than constmction ^ lJM J *^ UIS,t,OII ° f b o o k $ m 1973 the university leased approximately 5,700 square feet rf^m^* ***«™& *"»"> Building for the purpose of storing 120,000 additional • „ ^ l ? s e m c m <* * « U t o d completed. 1 V0lu ™s until the Brookens Library was In November 1984 construction began on the evmna«iiim «AA- : included remodeling and improving i i ^ J S ^ ^ adjacent 8,000 square foot gymnasium for I J Z ^ ? ™ ^

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