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ViVa Manhattanville in West Harlem

Amid Columbia University’s ongoing border skirmishes–the result of its planned 17-acre expansion northward–even the name of the embattled neighborhood is contested.

Some favor Mahattanville, a moniker harking back to the 19th-century Quaker village that sprang up, as contemporary guidebooks put it, a whole “eight miles from New York.” Others contend the area is simply an Read More

Creeping Ivy

A Weary Columbia Moves Full-Speed Ahead

Columbia’s prez, Lee Bollinger, almost breaks a sweat when he talks about the school’s plans to move ahead with expansion plans, reports Crain’s. “A note of impatience frequently creeps into the voice” of the ever-polished Mr. Bollinger when he talks about Manhattanville, says the article.

Apparently the former law prof found himself nonetheless Read More

Town Beats Gown in Manhattanville

Columbia University, which for years has been looking to expand its Morningside Heights campus into West Harlem, suffered a surprising defeat today when, as Eliot Brown reported, a state court ruled against the use of eminent domain.

There’s been longstanding opposition to the expansion, both inside and outside the university, but until today Read More