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August 11, 2008
Here Today, but Maybe Not Tomorrow
The New York Times
In 2002, Stephen A. Scheer set out to photograph Manhattanville, the area between 125th and 133rd Streets and bordered by the Riverside Drive viaduct and the elevated subway on Broadway. The next year, Columbia University announced a plan to buy a huge swath of the gritty neighborhood to expand its campus. Thus, although it was not his intention, Mr. Scheer's work may come to be the last depiction of Manhattanville in its current form.
NoLandGrab: The text accompanying this photo essay fails to point out that whatever part of the swath that Columbia can't buy will be seized by eminent domain.
Posted by eric at August 11, 2008 9:49 AM