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It Takes a Village

NYU Expansion Plan Hits a Roadblock: Judge Rules Legislative Approval Is Needed for Some Aspects of Project

NYU's expansion plan suffered a setback on Tuesday when Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Donna Mills ruled that some aspects of the plan—which would add 2 million square feet to the university's Greenwich Village campus—involve the alienation of public parkland and therefore require approval from the state legislature. The question is just how much of a setback the ruling will prove.
By Kim Velsey

Susan Sarandon Latest Star to Jump on the Anti-NYU Bandwagon

  Fran Liebowitz, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Thurston Moore and John Zorn—many are the successful artists and intellectuals
By Matt Chaban

Thurston Moore and John Zorn Host ‘Save the Village’ Benefit to Fight NYU Expansion

The Beats may be long gone, but protest music is alive and well in Greenwich Village—thanks in part to the
By Matt Chaban
Bringing down the houses. (NYU)

Purple Pulverizers: NYU Faculty, Preservationists Sue University Over Greenwich Village Expansion

By Matt Chaban
Not in my backyards—literally! (Wikimedia Commons)

First of Probably Many NYU Expansion Lawsuits Filed

By Matt Chaban
Silver Towers from Soho, with 505 LaGuardia at left. (Fuck Yeah Brutalism)

Village Vanguard: NYU Agrees to Keep 505 LaGuardia Affordable, Pols Pleased

By Matt Chaban

NYU Anew: Just How Much Smaller Is the Shrunken Greenwich Village Expansion?

By Matt Chaban

Public Hearing On NYU’s Expansion Draws Large Crowd With Familiar Complaints

By Jess Schiewe
Fine by us? (Grimshaw/NYU)

Amanda Burden: NYU Expansion Strikes the Perfect Balance [Updated]

By Matt Chaban
Paradise? (Steven Duffy)

In the Shadow of Four Towers: A Day at the Parks NYU Wants to Bury

By Stephen Duffy
He bleeds purple. (NYU Local)

Mayor Bloomberg Gives NYU’s Expansion Plan an A+

By Matt Chaban

Scott Stringer’s College Try: Can the Borough President Thread the NYU Needle and Win City Hall Along the Way?

By Matt Chaban
NYU's John Sexton and the Beep. Whose side is he on? (NYU)

Editors Tugging on BP Stringer to Give NYU’s Expansion Thumbs Up, Shop Owners at Odds

By Matt Chaban
Not sure which is worse, NYU's plan or these capes. (DNAinfo)

Dogone It! Pooches Protest NYU’s Seizure of Village Dog Run

By Michael Ewing
"Infinite Forest" by design team at Studio A+i

A Forest Grows in the Village: Studio a+i’s AIDS Memorial Design Selected

By Elise Knutsen
Sacred ground. (Architizer)

Is the West Village AIDS Memorial a Done Deal?

By Elise Knutsen

The Village, Brooklyn, Now the East Side: N.Y.U. Unveils New Health Ed. Complex

By Matt Chaban

Healing Greenwich Village: Architects Planning AIDS Memorial at St. Vincent’s Site

By Matt Chaban
Westbeth Artists' Residence (Photo from Facebook)

Westbeth: Like All Good Communes, Nobody Ever Wants to Leave

By Elise Knutsen

Voice: David Blum Is New New Editor

By Observer Staff
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