Editing Cathedral of Learning (section)

==Recent proposed changes to the Cathedral==
[[Image:Pitt Honors College staircase.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[University of Pittsburgh Honors College|University Honors College]] on the 35th and 36th floor]]
In the early 2000s, there was some controversy over whether university funds should be used to illuminate the Cathedral at night, or to clean the building's façade. The cleaning was abandoned because it was too costly. Some Oakland residents spoke out against the cleaning, stating that the years of soot should stay as an homage to Pittsburgh's industrial past. However, the university approved nearly $5 million for cleaning and restoration of stonework on February 28, 2007. The work was completed at the end of 2007, restoring the exterior of the building to its original condition.

In the wake of the [[September 11 attacks]], the cathedral was deemed "at risk" because no obstacles were in place to prevent a vehicle from driving into the entrances of the building. To address this concern, the university installed [[bollard]]s that rise out of the sidewalk.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.utimes.pitt.edu/?p=8762 | title=Making Pitt Work: Josh Cochran |first=Kimberly K. |last=Barlow | newspaper=University Times | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | location=Pittsburgh, PA | volume=41 | number=8 | date=December 4, 2008 | access-date=August 1, 2010}}</ref>

{{As of |2001}}, around 200 window air conditioners operated in the building. During the 2000s, the university focused upon providing air-conditioning to the first four floors, which contain a number of classrooms. The plan called for the complete central cooling of the entire Cathedral of Learning by the end of the decade.<ref name="Steele">{{cite web|url=http://www.pitt.edu/utimes/issues/33/010322/14.html|title=Plans call for a cooler and less congested Cathedral of Learning|last=Steele|first=Bruce|date=March 22, 2001|work=University Times|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]]|access-date=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060920215817/http://www.pitt.edu/utimes/issues/33/010322/14.html|archive-date=September 20, 2006}}</ref>

In 2014 the Property and Facilities Committee approved a plan for a $10.4 million upgrade of the building's [[elevator]] system.<ref>{{cite web|last=Erdley |first=Debra |url=http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/5709992-74/million-university-pitt |title=Going up: Pitt OKs elevator upgrade at Cathedral of Learning |publisher=TribLIVE |date=2014-03-05 |access-date=2016-03-12}}</ref> This is the second major upgrade of the elevators implemented in the building's history. Originally manually controlled and later automated to [[Westinghouse Electric (1886)|Westinghouse]] Selectomatic in 1971, the system was completely modernized into [[Otis Elevator Company|Otis]] Compass+ [[destination dispatch]] in 2016.