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August 29, 2007 1
A Student’s Guide to NYU
Brought to you by:
The Wagner Students Association (WSA)
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August 29, 2007 2
Life at NYU - Agenda
• Layout of NYU/ Area Monuments
• Eating & Drinking Around NYU
• Calendar of Events
• Tips, Must Do’s, & Things to do Right Now
• Resources
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Layout of NYU
&
Area Monuments
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Layout of the University
• Wagner is located in the Puck Building, right between Soho and Greenwich Village
You are here
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Area Monuments
The Puck• 118-year old landmark which was once the printing
facility of Puck Magazine, which ceased publication in 1918.
• Built from 1885 to 1893 in a Romanesque Revival style designed by architect Albert Wagner
• Additional construction in 1899 to replace part of structure that was torn down to make room for the extension of Lafayette Street.
• Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a New York City landmark
• The exterior is used in the TV show Will & Grace as the building where Grace works
• Wagner has called the Puck home since May, 2004
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Area Monuments
Washington Square Park• City Park, Home of NYU’s Graduation Ceremony • Used as a burial ground in the early 1800s• The Arch
– A permanent marble Arch was erected in 1892 to replace a plaster and wood arch that was created to celebrate the centennial of George Washington's inauguration
• Modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
• Inscription reads• LET US RAISE A STANDARD TO
WHICH THE WISE AND THE HONEST CAN REPAIR. THE EVENT IS IN THE HAND OF GOD.
- WASHINGTON • $16m redesign of the park, which
would relocate the central fountain by about 22 feet to align it with Arch, is under review
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Area Monuments
The Alamo (The Cube)• One person can usually push it slowly with some exertion,
and two or more people without trouble. • Many people who move to New York consider turning The
Cube to be a ritual signaling that they have "arrived" in the city • Can be spun on its vertical axis • Designed by Minimalist artist Bernard "Tony" Rosenthal
between 1966 and 1967
3 Siblings• “The Cube” (“Endover”) – Located
on University of Michigan campus in Ann-Arbor
• “Marty’s Cube” – Miami, FL• Unnamed 4th Cube – Located on
Pyramid Hill, in Hamilton, OH
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Area Monuments
The Strand Bookstore • http://www.strandbooks.com/• Founded in 1927 by Benjamin Bass• 18 Miles of Books• Large collection of publisher's overstock, used, rare, and
out-of-print books • #1 contender for the title of world's largest used
bookstore (Powell’s of Portland, OR is #1)
Firehouse, Engine Company 33 (Great Jones Firehouse)
• 44 Great Jones Street • U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Area Monuments
CBGB & OMFUG– "Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music For
Uplifting Gormandizers" – 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street– Final concert was performed by Patti Smith on
Sunday October 15, 2006St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery Church
– 131 East 10th Street Colonnade Row (LaGrange Terrace)
– 428-434 Lafayette St. – http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LES/LES026.htm– Columns built by Sing Sing prisoners– A monument to fur trader and real-estate baron, John
Jacob Astor
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Eating & Drinking Around NYU
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Eating & Drinking Around NYU - Coffee
Starbucks• There are over 100 Starbucks within 2 miles of Campus.
The closest are:– On Campus - Washington Square East and W. 4th – 79
Washington Square – North of Washington Sqare – 21 East 8th Street – Broadway & Bond – 665 Broadway – At Astor Place – 13-25 Astor Place – At Cooper Union – 51 Astor Place
• Closest to Puck– Broadway & Bond – 665 Broadway or– 72 Spring Street (down Lafayette to Spring)
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Eating & Drinking Around NYU - Coffee
Other Coffee Options Brought to you by the Starbucks Delocator - http://www.delocator.net/
• WagnerWorks Café– The Puck Building, Second Floor
• Think Coffee– 248 Mercer Street, between 3rd and 4th
– http://www.thinkcoffeenyc.com/ • Housing Works Used Book Cafe
– 126 Crosby Street @ Jersey Street– http://www.housingworks.org/usedbookcafe/
• The Mud Truck– http://www.themudtruck.com/– Parked at Astor Place (4th Ave & 8th Street), Mon-Fri 7am- 6pm, Sat & Sun
10am-6pm • Tea Spot
– MacDougal & W. 3rd
• The Mud Spot (The Mud Truck Café)– 9th St & 2nd Ave
• Oren's Daily Roast– 31 Waverly Pl (Waverly & Greene)
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Eating & Drinking Around NYU – Quick Bites
• Thiru “Dosa Man” Kumar (Street Vendor - Washington Sq S. @ Sullivan St.)– Indian Dosas in a hurry
• Space Market (1 University Pl @ Waverly)– Good to grab a quick snack
• Dojo West Restaurant (14 W 4th St. @ Mercer)– Quick, good Asian food
• ‘Wichcraft (60 E 8th St.)– Good Sandwiches
• Two Boots (74 Bleecker St)– Good Pizza
• Lombardi's (32 Spring St.)– Great Pizza
• Mahmoud’s Falafel (119 Macdougal St. @ W. 3rd)– Falafel
• Bite (335 Lafayette St – Lafayette & Bleecker)– Sandwiches
• Sparky’s American Food (333 Lafayette St – Lafayette & Bleecker)– All-Natural Grill fare
• Rice to Riches (37 Spring Street, between Mott and Mulberry St)– Rice Pudding - http://www.ricetoriches.com
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Eating & Drinking Around NYU Bars & Nightlife
• Slainte Pub (304 Bowery)• Puck Fair (298 Lafayette St.)• B Bar & Grill (40 E 4th St. @ Bowery)• Caliente Cab Company (21 Waverly Pl. @ Greene)• Bleecker Street Bar (58 Bleecker St. @ Layfayette)• Lucy's (135 Ave. A @ St. Mark’s Pl.)• Joe's Bar (520 E. 6th St. @ Ave A)• KGB Bar (85 E. 4th St. 2nd fl @ 2nd Ave)• McSorley's (15 E. 7th St. @ 3rd Ave)• Peculier Pub (145 Bleecker St. @ W. 3rd)• V Bar (225 Sullivan St. @ Bleecker)• Lion's Den (214 Sullivan St. @ Bleecker)
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Calendar of Events
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Calendar of Events - September
• Aug 27 – Sept 9 – U.S. Tennis Open (Flushing Meadows)
• Labor Day Weekend – West Indian Day Carnival in Brooklyn– http://www.wiadca.com/index.php
• Sept. 5-12 – Spring 2008 Fashion Week
• Sept. 6 (4:30pm) – New Student Welcome Reception in the Puck
• Sept. 13 (4:30pm) – WSA Student/Faculty Reception in the Puck
• Sept. 14 – NY Brewfest– http://www.nybrewfest.com/
• September 13– 23 – Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy– http://www.sangennaro.org/
• Sept. 15 - Wagner Picnic (Central Park)
• Sept. 20 (5:00pm) – First General WSA Meeting
• September 29th (3-8pm) – 3rd Annual Vendy Awards– http://streetvendor.org/vendies.html
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Calendar of Events - October
• Sept 28 – Oct 14 – New York Film Festival– http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.html
• October 5-7 – The New Yorker Festival– http://festival.newyorker.com/
• October 8 – Columbus Day Parade
• October 31st – West Village Halloween Parade– 7:00pm – 10:00pm - On 6th Avenue from Spring
Street to 21st Street– Line-up Begins at 6:30pm – http://www.halloween-nyc.com/index.php
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Calendar of Events -November
• First Weekend – NYC Marathon– http://www.nycmarathon.org/home/index.php
• Nov. 22 - Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Nov. 27th or 28th (7:00-9:00pm tentative) – Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
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Calendar of Events - December
• Dec – Lighting of the World's Largest Hanukkah Menorah– Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, Fifth Avenue at 59th
Street
• Dec 14-21 - Finals
• Dec 31st – Dick Clark’s Rocking New Years Eve from Times Square – Times Square
• Dec 31st – New Year’s Eve Midnight Run– http://www.nyrr.org/races/2007/calendar/december.as
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Calendar of Events – January & February
• Jan 22 – First day of classes for Spring Semester
• Feb 7 – Chinese New Year– Check out Chinatown
• Feb (date TBD) – Empire State Run Up– http://www.esbnyc.com/tourism/tourism_specialevent
s_runup.cfm
• Feb (date TBD) – All University Games– If you don’t participate, you will be asked to leave
Wagner.
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Calendar of Events – March & April
• March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day & the St. Patrick’s Day Parade– 1 of 2 days during the year when NY bars allegedly
run out of beer
• March 17-22 – Spring Break
• April 12-13 – NYC Coffee and Tea Festival– http://www.coffeeandteafestival.com/
• April 23 – May 4 – Tribeca Film Festival– http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/
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Calendar of Events - May
• May 7-14 – Spring Exams
• May 15-16 – Commencement
• TBS – AIDS Walk New York– http://www.aidswalk.net/newyork/
• 3rd Weekend – Ninth Avenue International Food Festival– http://www.9thavenuerenaissance.com/
• Last week of May – Fleet Week– http://www.fleetweek.navy.mil/
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Tips, Must Do’s, &
Things to do Right Now
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Tips
• If you find yourself feeling bored, you’re not trying hard enough!
• Sign-up for some Listservs on NYUHome– wagner-wsa– wagner-wants– wagner-discuss
• Read the local newspapers and magazines
• Read your e-mail
• Explore the City and get involved
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NYC Must Do’s• Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge• New York Restaurant Week (January & July)
– http://www.nycvisit.com/ • Top of the Rock: Rockefeller Center Observation Deck
– http://www.topoftherocknyc.com/ • Lower East Side Tenement Museum
– http://www.tenement.org/ • New York Transit Musesum
– http://www.mta.info/mta/museum/index.html• Get Lost in Chinatown
– http://www.explorechinatown.com/ • Discover an undiscovered band
– http://www.villagevoice.com/music/• Get Free Tickets to a TV Show Taping
– http://gonyc.about.com/od/tvtapings/Tickets_for_TV_Show_Tapings.htm– http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=376
• Go to MoMA’s Target Free Friday between 4:00pm-8:00pm – http://moma.org/visit_moma/admissions.html– http://gonyc.about.com/od/midtownmuseums/tp/moma_visit_tips.htm
• LEAVE Manhattan!!!!
• Find your own New York!!!
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5 Things to Do Right Now
• Sign-up for some Listservs on NYUHome– wagner-wsa
– wagner-wants
– wagner-discuss
• RSVP for the New Student Welcome Reception on 9/6 and sign-up and participate in Student Groups
• RSVP for the WSA Student/Faculty Reception on 9/13 and get to know your professors
• Spend your free time in the Puck
• Go to the Wagner Happy Hours on Friday nights at Slainte Pub (304 Bowery)
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Resources
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Resources – NYU Resources
• Wagner Students Association– http://www.wagnerstudents.org/
• NYU’s Student’s City Guide– http://www.nyu.edu/src/cityguide/
• Tickets through NYU Ticket Central– http://www.nyu.edu/ticketcentral/
• Free Language Classes through Speaking Freely– http://www.nyu.edu/pages/speaking.freely/
• Borrow a Laptop at the Bobst Library– http://library.nyu.edu/services/computer.html#laptops
• 212-992-VANS– Free late night van service for NYU Students from Midnight to
5:00 a.m.• NYU Events Calendar
– http://events.nyu.edu/
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Resources – Newspapers & Magazines
• The New York Times– http://www.nytimes.com/
• The New York Daily News– http://www.nydailynews.com/
• The New York Observer– http://www.observer.com/
• The Gotham Gazette – http://www.gothamgazette.com/
• New York Magazine– http://nymag.com/
• Time Out New York– http://www.timeout.com/newyork/
• The New Yorker– http://www.newyorker.com/
• Village Voice– http://www.villagevoice.com/
• The Gotham Gazette – http://www.gothamgazette.com/
• New York 1 (it’s actually a TV station)– http://www.ny1.com/ny1/index.jsp
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Resources - Websites• Not For Tourists New York
– http://www.notfortourists.com/cityMain.aspx?city=NY• All NY
– http://www.allny.com/• Upcoming New York
– http://upcoming.yahoo.com/• What’s Up New York
– http://www.whatsupnyc.com/blog/• Hop Stop
– http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork• Menu Pages
– http://www.menupages.com/ • The Official New York City Tourism Site
– http://www.nycvisit.com/• New York Citysearch
– http://newyork.citysearch.com/find/section/newyork/events.html• Discount Broadway Theater Tickets through TKTS
– http://www.entertainment-link.com/tkts.asp
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Resources – Books on NYC
• Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto – A chronicle of Dutch Manhattan, prior to the British takeover
• Power Broker by Robert A. Caro – The chronicle of the shaping and re-shaping of modern New York by Robert
Moses through the creation of public authorities.
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning by Jonathan Mahler – Everything about New York in 1977 – Reggie Jackson and the New York
Yankees, Studio 54, Son of Sam, the City-wide blackouts, and the mayoral race between Abe Beame, Bella Abzug, Mario Cuomo, and Ed Koch
• Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
– Self explanatory book title, a whopping 1424 pages
• The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld by Herbert Asbury
– New York in the mid-1800s