March 25, 1911 Fire is more devastating that any type of demolition. Exactly 100 years ago to this day, near closing time, a fire broke out in the Triangle Waist Factory located in Greenwich Village, New York. It claimed the lives of over 146 immigrant workers, predominately women and some as young as 15 years old. Immigrants … Continue reading
Abu Dhabi Guggenheim Faces Protest by Nicolai Ouroussoff – Article Here A new protest group of over 130 artists are planned to boycott displaying their pieces of art in the Guggenheim to be constructed at Abu Dhabi if the Guggenheim does not promise to improve the conditions for their laborers. News spread wide about the mistreatment … Continue reading
The NYU Abu Dhabi campus on Saadiyat Island, scheduled to open in 2014, will be located in the Cultural District, one of seven distinctive districts currently under development. Rafael Viñoly Architects PC has been hired to oversee the master planning process, for development of the campus to be located in the Marina District of Saadiyat Island. … Continue reading
The Greenwich Village Society of Historic Preservation rallied at Silver Towers against New York University’s plan to expand it’s campus further into Greenwich Village. NYU plans to erect a 40-story, 400′ tower within architect I.M. Pei’s Silver Towers complex – which contains landmarked buildings. This would be the first step in a large scale plan for … Continue reading
Manhattanville in West Harlem While New York University considers it’s campus to span all over manhattan – with it’s buildings spanning over all neighborhoods. Columbia’s campus, while very large already, is constricted when a feeling for expansion arrises in the densely populated urban environment. It is all too natural for universities and colleges to seek to expand … Continue reading
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