East Campus abuts the Downtown Connector, granting residences quick access to Midtown and its businesses (for example, The Varsity) via several bridges over the highway, as well as a tunnel beneath it.
It is modeled after a medieval church, complete with carved columns and stained glass windows showing symbolic figures.
[19] In August 2011, the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons opened next to the library and occupies part of the Yellow Jacket Park area.
[22] Opened in August 2003 at a cost of $179 million, the district was built over run-down neighborhoods and has sparked a revitalization of the entire Midtown area.
[23][24][25] Connected by the recently renovated Fifth Street Bridge, it is a pedestrian-friendly area comprising Georgia Tech facilities and retail locations.
[27] Another part of Tech Square, the privately owned Centergy One complex, contains the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB), holding faculty and graduate student offices for the College of Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as the GVU Center, a multidisciplinary technology research center.
[31] Located on McMillan Street on West Campus, the J. Allen Couch Building serves as the home for the School of Music, a division of the College of Design.
[32] The building also houses several music practice rooms and a recording studio, and was the former home for Under the Couch before it relocated to the Student Center in 2010.
At 287,000 square feet, it was the largest academic building on campus at the time of its construction and primarily provides classroom space for the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
The building is named for the major donor for the renovation, retired USAF Colonel and Georgia Tech alum Stephen C.
[42] Between 2012 and 2013 the building underwent a $12.5 million renovation project that included the removal of asbestos, HVAC updates, and a new student commons area, among other improvements.
Completed in 1962, it was originally known as the New Electrical Engineering Building and is currently named for Georgia Tech's fifth president, Blake Ragsdale Van Leer.
Of note, the building houses the largest cleanroom laboratory dedicated to the fabrication, characterization, and assembly of biomedical and semiconductor devices in the Southeast United States.
[79] Chris Klaus, founder of Kaneva, Inc. and Internet Security Systems (ISS), cited his stay in Freeman Hall as one of the reasons he made a $15 million (USD) donation to Georgia Tech.
The most famous flier was made before the annual UGA game and it depicted a half-man half-goat sending lightning towards Athens, Georgia.
Harrison also houses FE North's primary Learning Assistance Program location in its larger second floor lounge.
[101] The building is located among Smith, Harrison, Brittain Dining, and N Williams St. (the I-85-North Ave exit) and features the only quad in FE North.
Georgia Tech students are invited every Halloween to enjoy the pranks and props in the attic created by East Campus residents.
Towers is always a strong competitor in the Mini 500 and the only Freshman Experience Residence Hall to win the men's division since FE's first year of 1992.
A connecting building will also be constructed between Towers and Glenn, fulfilling the original 1940 master plan, which will include other student services.
Goldin House is an apartment-style residence hall located on East Campus available for members of the Women, Science, & Technology (WST) Program.
[137] Stein House is an apartment-style residence hall located on East Campus available for members of the Women, Science, and Technology (WST) Program.
In addition to the main dining hall, West Village is also home to the Wrek Stop convenience store and hamburger restaurant Cluck N Mooh.
[150] Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) at Georgia Tech is a campus ministry that seeks to be an honest community for the convinced and unconvinced to explore historic Christianity and learn together what it means to follow Jesus with our whole lives.
[157] Located in Central Campus on Ferst Drive, Russ Chandler Stadium at Rose Bowl Field serves as the home venue for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team.
Opened in January 2013 on the site of the former Bill Moore Tennis Center, the complex is named after Tech alum Ken Byers, whose generous donation aided in its construction.
[164] Located at the corner of Ferst Drive and Hemphill Avenue on West Campus, the Gary F. Beringause Building serves as the headquarters for the Georgia Tech Police Department.
Originally built as the headquarters for Crum & Forster, an insurance house founded in 1896, the building was designed by Ed Ivey and Lewis "Buck" Crook, both Georgia Tech graduates.
Constructed in 1970, the building initially covered about 100,000 square feet and contained, among other features, a Post Office, cafeteria, ballroom, and one of the only on-campus bowling alleys in the Southeast.
For instance, in 2018 The Technique ran an April Fools' Day article discussing the creation of a chair lift up Freshman Hill.