Renovations at the Charles F. Hagar Planetarium at San Francisco State University have been postponed until May.
The planetarium opened in 1973, with its last renovations taking place over 15 years ago according to Adrienne Cool, director of the planetarium and observatory. The Charles F. Hagar renovation proposal was approved with $1.5 million in funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation in late 2023 and received an extra $450,000 last March. Renovations are set to be completed in Spring 2027, giving students a whole new experience under the stars.
Cool said that the delays are due to various reasons, including needing approval from the Division of the State Architect, California certified architects and an architectural firm before construction can officially start.
“We’ve been working over the last many months with an architectural firm to finalize the design, and prior to that, I’ve been working with a planetarium specialist, and we came up with a design, but then it had to go...
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