Posts Tagged ‘Greenwich Village’

Stringer Endorses NYU Expansion

Written by NY Press on . Posted in Blog, Breaking News, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

nyu Borough President Scott Stringer recommends changes to NYU Greenwich Village Expansion On April 11, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer gave NYU a show of measured support by detailing his recommendations for modifications to the university’s proposed Greenwich Village expansion, a 20-year plan currently slated for completion in 2031. “N.Y.U. must coexist with Greenwich Village and
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Keyholes: Inside the literary leaning abode of writer Sue Shapiro

Written by Marissa Maier on . Posted in Dwell OTDT

When you’re the author of over nine books and an NYU/New School Journalism professor, and your husband is a successful television and film writer, your profession is bound to rub off on your home. Such is the case for Greenwich Village-based writer Sue Shapiro and her husband, Charles Rubin. Their fifth-floor apartment, located off Broadway
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Final St. Vincent’s Hospital Rezoning Hearing Draws Hundreds

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While hundreds of community members waited outside, a City Council subcommittee deliberated on the St. Vincent’s development project. Photo by Janice Chung. Opponents, supporters of project testify as developers seeks upzoning previously reserved for hospital By Alan Krawitz Several hundred residents and community activists packed a City Council subcommittee hearing last Tuesday, March 6 in a final attempt to make their feelings known about Rudin Management Company’s plan to redevelop the former St. Vincent’s Hospital site in
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Gifts with Heart

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The holidays are often equated with decorations, big meals and, perhaps most importantly, shopping. But while you are swiping that plastic or forking over cash for presents for family and loved ones, it can feel especially nice to mix purchasing with philanthropy. We suggest not only indulging in your consumer urges but helping out a
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Get Famous Or Get Married

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By   Sophia Efthimiatou The 2013 Green Card Lottery, also known as the “Cinderella Visa,” just closed, and from the millions of hopefuls who applied from around the world, there will only be 55,000 lucky winners. In my 10 years in the U.S., I have gone though a multitude of temporary work visas and I’m well
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Blindfolds, Caresses and Accordions

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My dark dining adventure By Leonora Desar What have I gotten myself into this time? I wonder silently. I am wearing a blindfold—pardon me, a fancy eye mask called a “Mindfold”—that makes me look like Cyclops from the movie X-Men. My hands rest lightly on the slender shoulders of a dancer/embodier—more on that later—who is
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Haunted Ground

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The superlative ghostly hangouts of Downtown Manhattan By Annie Lubin Most (Proven) Haunted Place: Merchant’s House Museum The Merchant’s House Museum is the oldest New York City home to have survived virtually intact. Built in 1832 and occupied by the same family for 100 years, the house would be interesting if only because it’s a
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What Do Residents Want for St. Vincent’s?

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By Madhura Karnik On Oct. 19, Community Board 2 rejected the St. Vincent’s rezoning proposal put forth by the Rudin Management Company. The official statement released by the board said that unless the concerns of the community, including height and bulk, health care delivery and affordable housing, among others, were addressed, the board would “deny
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Last Known Address

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By Marissa Maier Douglas Keister started out as a photographer, but it wasn’t until nearly a decade ago that he married his profession with two of his passions: writing and cemeteries. To Keister, who has documented both foreign and domestic resting places from Scotland and Italy to Oakland and Dixieland, cemeteries are “pure environments, [they’re]
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