By Staff 8/05/05 2:55pm

F.I.T.’s Scheme: Make It Pretty, Then Take It Over

The Real Estate got its grubby little digits on a letter that the Fashion Institute of Technology sent to Community Board 5 last month, this time from school president Dr. Joyce Brown. In it, Ms. Brown downplays the defeat at the hands of the board of the school’s commons proposal—to permanently close down the eastern Read More

By Staff 7/19/05 3:59pm

Debacle on 27th Street

The Fashion Institute of Technology has been trying to permanently close 27th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues for years, in its quest to create a “commons” space on the east end of the street that bisects its campus (along a cul-de-sac for deliveries on the west end of the street).

Most recently, in Read More