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...Because the stacks are structural components of the building and its weight hangs on the cube of stacks they cannot be moved--nor altered much--although nearly 9,000 feet of stack space will be lost in the renovations to allow for new stairs and elevators...
...According to new fire laws, a library of Widener's size must have the ability to evacuate 1,500 people, 150 for each stack level and well over the numbers the library contains at any time...
...University plans to divide each ofWidener's ten stack levels into two sections, witheach of these 20 sections containing roughly 2.5miles of shelves and 300,000 books...
When Widener was built it was made of the mostlavish materials available: a thenstate-of-the-art stack system and tons of marbleand granite...
Still, nearly 9,000 feet of stack space will belost in the renovations to allow for new stairsand elevators...