Tuesday, October 19, 2010

NYU has annoyed neighbors for a long time, apparently

Well, this is almost too good to be true...It's from a New York Times article from January 1914, back when NYU was (mostly) in the Bronx. You can read a PDF of the article here.

Members "sing and tango." Heh. Nellie Vought, early NIMBY?


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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 19, 2010 at 7:38 AM

    Nice find! I'm not so up on my NYU history, but it seems like the Bronx version was more like a traditional college atmosphere rather than the high rise campus of today.

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  2. LisaOctober 19, 2010 at 9:24 AM

    And it's dispiriting to note that NYU ignored or downplayed the issues their students caused even back then. Guess some things never change.

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  3. glammaOctober 19, 2010 at 10:52 AM

    Classic.

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  4. Marty WombacherOctober 19, 2010 at 11:39 AM

    This is too great! And "Porch Repose Impossible" is another great band name, or perhaps a movie title.

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  5. Grade "A" FancyOctober 19, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    Brilliant, Marty. So many great band names lurking that it's always how shockingly, puzzlingly dull new band names can be.

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