The New York City campus is located in the Civic Center of Lower Manhattan , next to the Financial District and New York Downtown Hospital . 33 Beekman The campus is walking distance to well-known New York City sites including Wall Street , the World Trade Center , World Financial Center , South Street Seaport , Chinatown and Little Italy . Pace has about of space in Lower Manhattan . The main building , One Pace Plaza , is a two-square-block building bounded by Gold , Nassau , Spruce , and Frankfort Streets , directly adjacent to the Manhattan entrance ramp of the Brooklyn Bridge . Located directly across from City Hall , the One Pace Plaza complex houses most of the classrooms , administrative offices , a student union , a 750-seat community theater , and an 18-floor high-rise residence hall ( known as " Maria 's Tower " ) . 41 Park Row was the 19th-century headquarters of '' The New York Times '' , and carrying on that legacy the building today houses the campus ' student newspaper '' The Pace Press '' , as well as student organization offices , the Pace University Press , faculty offices , the university 's bookstore , and classrooms . 41 Park Row also houses the Haskins Laboratories , of Dr. Seymour H. Hutner , where medical experiments are held , like the Green tea extract study in the international media . The buildings of 157 William Street , 161 William Street , and 163 William Street were acquired by Pace following the September 11 attacks to make up for loss of the entire 55th floor , , in the North Tower of the World Trade Center which used to house Pace University 's World Trade Institute and World Trade Conference Center ( See the section below entitled September 11 , 2001 ) . The Willam Street buildings house classrooms , offices of the Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems , the School of Education , the College of Health Professions , the university 's business incubators , along with Pace 's Downtown Conference Center where the e.MBA residency sessions are held ( Pace also has leased office space in 156 William Street ) . Pace has residence halls at 182 Broadway and 33 Beekman Street . The 33 Beekman Street building is the tallest student residential building in the world . Pace also leases residence accommodations at the new state-of-the-art residence at 55 John Street , also in Lower Manhattan . Pace also offers classes in midtown Manhattan in the art deco Fred F. French Building on at 551 Fifth Avenue
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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