<p>most are just renovations though with the structure intact. some renovations are being done because the building would probably be unsafe to use otherwise.</p>
<p>But shootehJoon, that is what NYU has done again and again. We knocked down an old structure to build Kimmel, another to build Palladium...NYU routinely knocks down historic, old buildings and builds new, modern but ugly monstrositities.</p>
<p>Read this article for more info if you like N.Y.U</a>. commits to creating a master plan for its growth </p>
<p>It mentions how some local residents are PO'd about how the college is always knocking things down and reconstructing.</p>
<p>don't worry, NYU will take over the village, if not the whole manhattan, within a hundred years. the last thing NYU seems to be worried about is its money.</p>
<p>the sad part is that the village is known for having quaint, charming, low-rise architecture which distinguishes itself from the rest of NYC. NYU is demolishing those old low rise buildings and replacing them with hideous eyesores like Bobst and Kimmel (which was ranked on a list of the Top 20 ugliest buildings in Manhattan). it's like a demonic force which is taking over the village one monstrocity at a time. I'm waiting for them to knock down the Arch in Washington Square Park and replace it with a 20 story dorm.</p>
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<p>Haha soon NYU won't just be in NYC, NYU will be NYC.</p>
<p>stargazerlilies- exactly, that's why half of the people in NYC hate NYU.</p>
<p>haha I know, it's ridiculous. And they love to talk about how nyu is part of the larger nyc community and all that. I do love NYU but sometimes its out of control. you can't just take over where you please and build what you like...I wish they would make more of an effort to work alongside the community. And I do wish it was less ugly. Notice how in the college pamphlets they send out to HS students, and to college ones, they always show 2 things - the Washington Sq. Arch and the Greek Revival columned houses on the north side of the park - 2 non NYU entities which are very symbolic of the village.</p>
<p>Anyway, forget serious construction, how hard would it be to convert all that ugly pavement here <a href="http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL1645/7604960/15672825/238368113.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL1645/7604960/15672825/238368113.jpg</a> into a nice grassy lawn? maybe add a bush or something? it's cut off from the street, it's just like a huge expanse of concrete. it's like converting a patio into a lawn..but bigger :)</p>
<p>Most cities have love/hate relationships with the colleges and universities within their boundaries for the same reasons that NYU has with NYC.</p>
<p>No one in NYC seems to have a problem with Manhattan College, or Manhattanville, or Columbia, or the CUNY's...or maybe I just don't notice it because I'm an NYU student? I guess it's because NYU is so large and powerful and wealthy...it's this big force in Greenwich village and sometimes that has negative consequences.</p>
<p>However, NYU students also do a lot of community service and projects in NYC which benefit the city, so it's definitely a love/hate relationship.</p>
<p>I like the pavement actually. I always the entire quad packed with kids, last time I went I saw some kids break dancing on the pavement. You can't do that on a grassy lawn, lol. There's no space for it</p>
<p>Do you currently attend NYU? It's true it's always packed with kids, but there's pavement all over NYC to breakdance on lol. </p>
<p>Those pesky Stern kids are always breakdancing everywhere, it's hard to stop them.</p>
<p>stargazerlillies many residents around Columbia resent the school. Columbia is using eminent domain to get land to build grad schools dorms, extend the medical center and faculty housing.
The reason I believe that some people are not aware of that may be because Columbia is further uptown and the demographic is not as wealthy as the one in the village.
There was a student hunger strike last year that got little media attention.</p>