Lerner Hall turns 10 years old this fall, and administrators are planning celebrations to mark the occasion. The building opened in the fall of 1999, replacing Ferris Booth Hall. The new student center cost $85 million and provided 225,000 square feet of space. Bernard Tschumi, dean of the School of Architecture, designed the new student center, and construction lasted three years. During this time, student clubs were housed in a temporary building in front of John Jay, called Lions Court. Administrators hoped that the new building would foster a sense of community and that the ramps would become an indoor version of Low Steps even distributing t-shirts with the slogan "CU on the ramps". When Lerner opened, students complained about the difficulty in reserving space, delays in the package room and the shortage of telephones and vending machines.