Archinect - News2024-05-03T16:01:08-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/47637481/nyu-attacks-greenwich-village-with-bloated-plan-review
NYU Attacks Greenwich Village With Bloated Plan: Review Archinect2012-05-07T14:40:00-04:00>2012-05-07T14:56:22-04:00
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New York University, its owner, fights for its destruction.
If the university prevails, two curvy towers shaped like chocolate drops will arise from the garden. The million square feet of new construction are the space equivalent of a hefty skyscraper.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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https://archinect.com/news/article/42829181/the-storm-over-nyu-2031
The storm over NYU 2031 Nam Henderson2012-03-26T23:54:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/rc/rc05pvks2bhatw6q.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A beautiful new 1.5-acre park, an elementary school, public amenities and a new pedestrian street to awaken a dead corner: all that seems like a fair trade for the neighborhood in return for a couple of the big buildings the university wants, which would replace undistinguished ones.</p></em><br /><br /><p>
In his latest article Michael Kimmelman examines how New York University’s latest plan to expand in Greenwich Village has caused a storm of protest. Although the "<em>crescent towers devised by N.Y.U.’s team...are nonstarters</em>" Kimmelman does suggest that both NYU and the local citizens can get most of what they want, if both parties are willing to compromise a bit.</p>