10 Buick Street Residence Hall
General Information
Market and Café
Fitness Center
Check-In
Reservations
Area Hotels
Information
Boston University opened this apartment-style residence in 2000. Located on the west end of campus, this air-conditioned facility is a premier housing site.
Each unit has four single-occupancy bedrooms, two bathrooms, a small kitchen and a living room. Bedrooms are furnished with a twin bed, desk and chair, dresser,
and closet. Kitchens are equipped with a refrigerator, sink, stove, and microwave oven. Guests must provide their own kitchen supplies and utensils. Living rooms
are set comfortably with a sofa and chairs along with a dinette set. (See typical floor plan below)
Guests are supplied with bedding, bath linens and basic amenities including soap, shampoo, bathmat, water, drinking cup and a Campus Directory of Services.
Daily maid service is not provided. Instructions will be provided for guests who wish to obtain additional amenities or exchange bath linens during their stay.
For guest convenience, there is an alarm clock in each bedroom. Televisions and telephones are not provided as standard equipment; however, arrangements can be
made in advance with Conference Services to provide phone service in guest suites for an additional fee. Contact Dalia Yassa (yassa@bu.edu) for more information,
or make your room rservation online at http://www.cs.bu.edu/RISCS/CISSE/.
All bedrooms have a wired Ethernet connection to the campus network. Ethernet cables are not available, so guests need to remember to bring their own
Ethernet cable.
NOTE: Deadline for BU lodging reservations is May 22nd.
Market and Café
The 10 Buick Street Market and Café, located on the ground floor, is both a café and a convenience store. The café offers bagels, soups, salads and sandwiches
that can be enjoyed in the adjacent dining area or purchased for take-out. The convenience store stocks many general-purpose items. This residence also has
several common areas that can be reserved by guests staying in the building including a rooftop lounge and several small meeting rooms on the lower level.
Laundry facilities and vending machines are also available in the building.
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Fitness Center
Located just steps outside the front door of 10 Buick Street is Boston University’s brand new Fitness and Recreation Center. This 270,000 square foot facility
features cardiovascular and weight equipment, two pools, a 35-foot high climbing wall, indoor elevated jogging track, dance theater, seven multi-sport gyms, and
courts for racquetball and squash. The facility also includes male and female locker rooms, a juice bar, and amenities such as towel service and equipment
check-out. Memberships are available at special rates for conference guests. Fitness center passes can be purchased at the Fitness center membership desk.
For registered conference members and their guests the daily rate is $10. A weekly rate of $30 is available only to registered conference members.
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Check-In
The Conference Services Front Desk Staff is available to assist guests with checking in to the residence on their designated arrival date beginning at 3:00pm.
Guests must check out prior to 11:00am on their designated departure date. The Front Desk Staff is also available on a daily basis to assist guests with both
campus and general information.
Reservations and Cancellation policies
A block of single rooms have been reserved at the 10 Buick Street Residence Hall for Colloquium attendees and their accompanying family members.
All rooms will be reserved on first-come, first-served basis.
If paying by check or money order please allow enough time for payment
to be received and to clear. If your payment does not clear by the deadline,
the reservation will not be accepted.
NOTE: Prior to May 16th, room substitutions can be made. No room substitutions can be honored after May 16th.
When making a reservation you can specify up to 3 guests with whom you would like to share the suite. We will make every effort to honor your requests depending
on availability of rooms.
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Typical suite diagram:
Hotels
The following are links to additional area hotels, some of which offer BU-discounted rates:
Hotel Commonwealth
500 Commonwealth Avenue
www.hotelcommonwealth.com
They offer a special BU rate of $209 depending on availability. Walking distance to all Boston University Charles River campus divisions.
Holiday Inn Brookline
1200 Beacon Street
www.ichotelsgroup.com
Their rate is $189. No government rate is available during the June timeframe.
Hyatt Regency Cambridge
575 Memorial Drive
http://cambridge.hyatt.com
Holiday Inn Select Boston
69 Boston Street
Holiday Inn Select
Hilton Boston Back Bay
40 Dalton Street
www.hilton.com
Doubletree Hotels Doubletree
Guest Suites Boston,
400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02134
Phone: 617.783.0090, Fax:617.783.0897
Rate: $168.00
Hampton Inn & Suites Boston Crosstown Center
811 Massachusetts Avenue
Phone: 617.445.6400
Rate: $155.00.
This is about 3 miles from BU.
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