Columbia University (one of my alma maters) is located in historic Morningside Heights in New York City’s borough of Manhattan. It has a beautiful campus — an urban oasis with easy access to both downtown and the west side bridges and tunnels — which it wants to expand into the Manhattanville neighborhood on the other side of W. 125th Street. Apparently, Columbia has promised its residential neighbors it would not leverage the City’s power of eminent domain to take their properties, and commercial property owners now are seeking similar assurances.
The Castle Coalition posts “Columbia’s Harlem Takeover,” with the latest developments in the case, and AM New York posts this story. I previously posted about this issue here.
Update: NY Times story on the issue here.