Editing Cathedral of Learning (section)

===Babcock Room===
The [[Edward V. Babcock]] Memorial Room is a plush, carpeted, wood-paneled conference room constructed on the 40th floor for use as the university [[trustee|trustees']] [[boardroom]]. Funded by a Babcock family grant of $327,000 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|327000|1958}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) and dedicated in November 1958,<ref name="Alberts1986"/> all of the room's features are original, except for the lighting, furniture and carpeting.<ref name="TPNBabcock">{{cite news | url=http://pittnews.com/newsstory/top-of-cathedral-offers-rooms-great-view/ | first=Keith| last=Gillogly | title=Top of Cathedral offers rooms, great view | newspaper=The Pitt News | location=Pittsburgh, PA | date=February 28, 2011 | access-date=March 1, 2011}}</ref> The room's square shape is modified by four alcoves, in one of which is a portrait of Babcock by [[Malcolm Stevens Parcell]]. The walls, featuring intricate geometric patterns, are paneled in Appalachian [[Quercus macrocarpa|white oak]] with burled [[walnut]] inlays and touches of [[rosewood]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.pfaffmann.com/documents/PittCivicCenterConservation%20Plan_2006.pdf | title=University of Pittsburgh Civic Center Conservation Plan | date=September 2005 | page=62 | last=Pfaffmann | first=Rob | publisher=Pfaffmann + Associates, PC and the Getty Foundation Campus Heritage Program | access-date=January 27, 2010}}</ref> The windows, adorned by leaf-patterned curtains, boast a spectacular panoramic view of the surrounding area.<ref name="TPNBabcock"/><ref name="Holohan">{{cite web|url=http://www.pittmag.pitt.edu/fall2003/feature4.html|title=Standing Tall|last=Holohan|first=Meghan|date=Fall 2003|publisher=Pitt Magazine|access-date=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616065342/http://www.pittmag.pitt.edu/fall2003/feature4.html|archive-date=June 16, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The room is also adjoined by a kitchen.<ref name="UTBabcock">{{cite news|url=http://www.utimes.pitt.edu/?p=27 |title=Secrets of the Cathedral: Starting at the top |newspaper=University Times |publisher=University of Pittsburgh |location=Pittsburgh, PA |volume=36 |number=2 |access-date=August 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720033411/http://www.utimes.pitt.edu/?p=27 |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Access to the room is limited to a spiral staircase and an elevator, both requiring a key, that originate on the 36th floor.<ref name="UTBabcock"/> During the early 1970s at the height of [[student activism]], a group of protesting students attempted to barricade the room during a trustees meeting.<ref name="Alberts1986"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.utimes.pitt.edu/?p=1895| title=Remembering Wes: Friends, family, former colleagues reminisce|first=William H. | last=Rea | newspaper=University Times | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | location=Pittsburgh, PA | volume=34 | number=1 | access-date=August 1, 2010}}</ref> Today, the trustees have outgrown the room and generally meet in the Assembly Room of the [[William Pitt Union]]. The Babcock room now serves as a seminar and meeting room and is also used for special events.<ref name="TPNBabcock"/> A pair of [[peregrine falcons]] nests on the balcony outside the room.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.utimes.pitt.edu/?p=6488 | title=For the birds | newspaper=University Times | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | location=Pittsburgh, PA | volume=40 | number=19 | date=May 29, 2008 | access-date=August 1, 2010}}</ref>