Pupin Physics Laboratories
Pupin Physics Laboratories is home to the Physics Department and a National Historic Landmark. It was built in 1925-1927 to provide more space for the Physics Department which had been housed in Fayerweather Hall originally.
The building is a landmark due to the advances in nuclear research made there during the Manhattan Project to develop the first nuclear weapon. It is connected to the university tunnels, from which one can occasionally access the Manhattan Project's leftover cyclotron and other historic research facilities.
The current entrance to Pupin is on the 5th floor from the plaza above Dodge Physical Fitness Center. The original entryway was on the first floor from the Grove, but got blocked by the construction of Dodge in the 1960's. The entryway smells like chlorine because Uris Pool has an exit stairway leading into Pupin's entry for some reason.
The Rutherford Observatory is on top of Pupin, but the night sky in New York is usually too bright for it to be used. Instead, astronomy types have to head to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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