You Think You Know NYU?

Written by NYPress on March 7, 2013. Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

A historic walking tour sheds new light on the story of the Village By Allison Volpe When you think about NYU and Washington Square Park, what comes to mind is the actual college campus that has been created within the bounds of the East Village. NYU is constantly expanding, sometimes to the dismay of community
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Revitalization vs. Preservation In The Village

Written by Alissa Fleck on February 27, 2013. Posted in Breaking News, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Richard Blodgett, president of the Charlton Street Block Association, stands in front of a gutted building on Sullivan Street in the Village. The adjacent building in the complex was designed in 1853 by Calvert Vox, a co-designer of Central Park, explained Blodgett. He knows the building in front of him will soon be transformed into
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Local Architect Has ‘Vine Line’ Vision for West Side Highway

Written by NYPress on November 28, 2012. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Shannon Ayala Laurence Tamaccio lives near the West Side Highway, the part that exposes its aged, rusty underbelly and concrete legs, held high above Riverside Park South. In his view, it’s an eyesore—and he wants to cover it with vines and waterfalls. “Seeing it on a daily basis, it started to sort of wear
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Architect Wants to Save Birds from NYC’s Glass Buildings

Written by NYPress on August 9, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

The Standard Hotel. Photo by Jim.henderson, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

By Paul Bisceglio Here’s one thing you don’t want to see on your romantic stroll along the High Line in the sunset: a pile of dead birds. “It’s a fantastic park, but it does pose some form of hazard, because it will draw birds in and bring them into these areas that are exposed
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Students’ Vision Will Shape New MLK Campus Plaza

Written by admin on April 21, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Walking by the Martin Luther King High School campus, it’s hard to tell that there are actually six different theme-based high schools housed in the same complex, at 122 Amsterdam Ave. and West 66th Street. In its current dilapidated condition, not many people use the plaza outside the building, but faculty and students of Manhattan
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