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August 29, 2007 1

A Student’s Guide to NYU

Brought to you by:

The Wagner Students Association (WSA)


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)


Resources


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

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