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THE ARCHITECTURE ISSUE
The Chronicle Review's yearly look at architecture examines buildings on and off campuses. Above, Caltech's new Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, designed by Morphosis. (Chronicle photograph by Lawrence Biemiller)
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U. of Tennessee Landmark to Move to Nearby Location
New campus buildings
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Pomona's Skyspace
The artist James Turrell turned a Pomona College courtyard into a work of art worth waking up at dawn for.
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Buildings & Grounds is written by Scott Carlson (left) and Lawrence Biemiller (right). Scott Carlson writes about architecture, facilties, energy, and sustainability, among other topics. Lawrence Biemiller writes about architecture and facilities and contributes to Notes from Academe. What's happening on your campus? Let us know.
Amid Protests, Columbia U. Clears a Hurdle to Move into West Harlem
The City Planning Commission in New York overwhelmingly approved Columbia University’s plan to expand into West Harlem amid raucous protests from residents, Newsday reports.
The university is planning to construct an arts, business, and science campus in the area, and may use eminent domain to acquire properties it doesn’t already own in the area. Residents and preservationists, who are worried that the expansion will gentrify the neighborhood, sang protest songs at the meeting.
“The record of this commission is that their allegiance is only to other wealthy people,” Michael Henry Adams, an architectural historian, told Newsday. “I guess the rest of us can just go to hell and die.”
The plan now goes to the City Council. The protesters vowed to continue to fight.
Scott Carlson | Wednesday November 28, 2007 | Permalink | Contact usComments
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How does a private university, which charges over $40,000/annum, get to wield “eminent domain”?
— richard Nov 28, 02:59 PM #