Tag Archives: NYU
NYU standoff ends in a “poof”
Amid demonstrators banging on plastic drums fashioned from paint buckets, the mood was more comedy show than serious civil disobedience at a student takeover of NYU’s Kimmel Center cafeteria demanding fiscal transparency from the administration. There were jumping jacks, and fists pumping incessantly in the air. The actual protesters were outnumbered by curiosity seekers, press and police officers. At one point, one of the remaining holdouts curiously asked the crowd below through a megaphone, “What time is it?” Perhaps it was because NYU had turned off the electricity and their cell phone batteries had died. They had gone as far, only hours earlier, to declare through a megaphone, “We own this balcony, and we will find a way to be heard, even if they shut down our Internet and electricity - we will be heard!”
NYU Students Shared the Love This Past Valentine’s Day
There’s love in the air on this sunny Saturday Valentine’s Day afternoon - a brief reprieve from the winter chill - as some NYU students finish tying down balloons, decorating with colorful cards, and laying out chocolates on red tablecloth.
But this festive cheer is not for Valentine’s Day - at least not in the “Hallmark [...]
Neighborhood Preservation Roundup
From Trump to St. Vincent’s to NYU, Oversized Buildings Threaten the Neighborhood
2008 has been off to a bang, with an extraordinary amount of activity affecting neighborhood preservation efforts. Here are the highlights:
St. Vincent’s/Rudin Luxury Condo/Hospital Plan: St. Vincent’s Hospital wants to demolish its entire campus of nine buildings in the Greenwich Village Historic District [...]
