New York University has unveiled details of its proposed expansion plan in its central Washington Square. The plan calls for a re-imagining of its two superblocks in order to meet the college’s academic space needs without exceeding the height of any of the existing I.M. Pei designed towers and without the use of eminent domain.
Other aspects of the plan include the creation of public access and three acres of open space as well as the creation of community-based playgrounds and dog runs. The designation of the expansion site will be provided to the city for construction of a new seven-story public school with the addition of seven stories of NYU student residences above that will be located at the corner of Bleecker Street and LaGuardia Place.