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January 25, 2008
Is NYC becoming a college town?
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New York University, Columbia, John Jay, Hunter and Cooper Union are all mentioned as institutions looking to impose their will on the communities that surround them. To help make the point, the poster-child of bad development, Atlantic Yards, is used to illustration how much expansion these institutions desire.
Colleges and universities are forecasting unprecedented growth in the coming years, adding as much as 17 million square feet of space -- or more than either the World Trade Center or the controversial Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn -- and may begin to exert an even greater influence on the ebb and flow of life in the city.
Posted by steve at January 25, 2008 4:41 AM