NYU Wants You...To Ease Its Conscience

Here’s a change: A university asking its neighbors to weigh in on its development. Like puberty, Manhattan’s institutions of higher learning have been going through some changes. To quote NY1 quoting Village residents, NYU’s ceaseless expansion is “big and ugly”—just like greasy teens. But NYU held an [open house last week] to offer local residents a chance to speak their minds on the [university’s growth](http://www.plannyc.org/project-61-NYU-Development) and, oh yeah, to reinforce a recent announcement that it needs about [six million more square feet](http://thevillager.com/villager_216/nyugrowthisonthe.html) over the next 25 years. So does asking the village you’re about to pillage make the takeover any less hostile? Maybe you should ask [Harlem residents](http://www.newyorkpress.com/blogx/display_blog.cfm?bid=57904161&day=30&startmonth=4&startyear=2007)...