When we open up West Campus I & J, the 22-story tower will be Northeastern's tallest residence hall. But in the world, the tallest residence hall in existence is located in Normal, Illinois at Illinois State University. Named after a Professor of Geography who headed the Geography department in the 1950s, the Watterson Towers are 28-stories and house over 2,200 students. For comparison, West Campus I & J will house 1,200 students.
Also of note, the Watterson Towers are the tallest buildings between Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri.
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Wow that is pretty tall. Why can't Northeastern do like a 50 story building?
Northeastern can't do a 50-story building because the city will not approve. Residents take issue with a proposal for a 24-story building by the YMCA, so a 50-story building would be a bigger issue.
The tallest student accomodation building is being developed in Leeds, UK. Its called The Plaza, has 37 floors and is over 100m tall.
The tallest residence hall in America is in NYC. Marymount Manhattan College houses students on 32 floors of a 46 story building.
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