After almost two decades of planning and construction, officials will cut the ribbon on the new federal courthouse in Harrisburg.
New federal courthouse in Harrisburg: Sylvia H. Rambo U.S. CourthouseIt’s been 19 years since the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved $26 million for buying land and drawing up plans for a new federal courthouse in Harrisburg.
And while Low has been involved with the project for 19 years, she said it really started well before that. The courthouse contains eight courtrooms and 11 chambers. In comparison, the courthouse on Walnut Street was built in the 1960s for about $6 million and initially has two courtrooms. Two additional courtrooms were added later.Updating security was a factor in the need of building a new federal courthouse in Harrisburg almost two decades ago.
Those three paths include one path for the public, one for judges and court staff and one for prisoners. District courtrooms are about 2,400 square feet and are on the north side of the new courthouse and magistrate and bankruptcy courtrooms are up to 1800 square feet, and are on south side of the building.
“The functionality, obviously, for the courtroom is really important, so we actually have a virtual reality mockup, which all the judges tested out and a physical mockup … was built in a warehouse,” said Brian Masuda, of New York-based Ennead Architects. “Every judge got up there and made sure they had the right sight line to the attorney [and] the witness.
And technology is an important feature in the new courthouse. The attorney tables and jurors will have monitors. The judge, attorneys and the jurors will be able to see all of the exhibits on a monitor. “This courtroom is much more spacious, much more open, provides much more opportunity for the public to attend proceedings,” he said.
While there is a central cell block in the building, there are cells for limited purposes that connect to the courtrooms.Certainly one of the most visible features in the new courthouse is the wall mural by Monique van Genderen on the first floor. It is 250 feet long and has 21 canvas panels.
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