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PAYNE WHITNEY GYM
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Facility Names
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PAYNE WHITNEY GYM |
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PWG
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WHITNEY GYMNASIUM, PAYNE
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TOWER PARKWAY, 70
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NEW HAVEN, CT
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Building Description:
Completed in 1932, is a memorial to Payne Whitney, BA 1898, the gift of his wife and his children, Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson and John Hay Whitney, BA 1926, MA HON 1956. The building is Gothic, constructed of Briar Hill sandstone. This second- largest athletic facility in the world boast twelve acres of floor space on sixteen levels. The central portion contains rowing tanks, practice pool, locker rooms, basketball courts, rooms for boxing, wrestling, and fencing, the trophy room, and offices. In the northern wing are squash courts, a running track, and a basketball amphitheatre. The southern wing contains the exhibition pool and handball courts. Architect John Russell Pope designed the structure to accommodate the then 3,500 students then attending Yale College. A sports rehabilitation center was built into the gym in 1994, as well as the start of a comprehensive restoration and renovation. The building will be extensively altered and wings added. The architect is Ellerbe Becket Architects in Collaboration with Cesar Pelli & Associates. In 1995, the John J. Lee Amphitheatre was named in honor of John L. Lee ‘58 E, ‘59 M.Eng. a star basketball player in his college days, Mr. Lee gave generously in support of the gym. In 1996, six new international sized squash courts were constructed, replacing eight existing U.S. format courts. Colonel William K. Lanman, Sheffield Scientific School class of 28 is the donor of a large new wing designed to accommodate four basketball/ volleyball courts and an elevated indoor track scheduled to be in use in 1999. By the office of Cesar Pelli. [70 Tower Parkway
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