Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse
| Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 940 Front Street San Diego, California United States |
| Coordinates | 32°42′54″N 117°09′55″W / 32.714944°N 117.165177°W |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Client | Distric Court for the Southern District of California |
| Owner | General Services Administration |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 895,000 sq ft (83,148 m2) |
The Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse is the current courthouse building located in San Diego, California. It is a courthouse for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The 103rd Congress designated the building under H.R. 3770 in 1994, which became Public Law 103-228. The Courthouse is one of the busiest federal court houses in the nation.[1] The Current courthouse is 895,000 square feet.[1]
History
The building is named for District Court judge Edward Joseph Schwartz.
Bombing
On May 4, 2008, Rachel Lyyn Carlock and her boyfriend Donny Love Sr. placed three pipe bombs at the front door. The bomb went off with out injuring anyone and only shattering the doors to the courthouse.[2]
Annex
In March 2009, President Obama signed a bill which allocated $110 million for a stalled project from 2007 to build a new court annex.[3] The total cost of the new annex will be $368.7 million.[3] The new annex is to the west of the current courthouse, and north of the current bankruptcy court.
The location of the annex is being built over a local historic landmark of the Hotel San Diego, which was built by John D. Spreckels.[1]
The new court annex was designed by Richard Meier & Partners and will be approximately 467,000 gross square feet and will stand 16 stories over downtown San Diego.[4] There will be six new District Court rooms and 12 Judge's chambers in the new annex.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "U.S. courthouse plan draws fire". SignOn San Diego. 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "San Diego Woman Sentenced for Courthouse Bombing". San Diego 6. 2001-11-02. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ a b Steele, Jeanette (2009-03-11). "Federal funds to allow new courthouse to move forward". Sign On San Diego. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ a b "New United States Courthouse Project, San Diego". Hensel Phelps Construction Company. 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.