Hopkins' Homewood campus buildings get new street numbers

For years, many buildings on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University have had one address: 3400 N. Charles St.

Garland Hall, where the President’s office is located, has an address of 3400 N. Charles St. The Milton S. Eisenhower Library is at 3400 N. Charles St. The Homewood Museum, Hopkins Club, Shriver Hall, Gilman Hall, Krieger Hall, Mudd Hall, Latrobe Hall and Maryland Hall – all 3400 N. Charles St.

But this year a new building on the Homewood campus has a different street address. The Bloomberg Student Center, a four-story building that’s opening in phases starting this week , has an address of 3290 N. Charles St. The number is just above an entrance facing Charles Street.

Why is the Bloomberg building bucking the trend?

According to Lee Coyle, Hopkins’ senior director f