A Students Guide to NYU

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A Students Guide to NYU

• Brought to you by
• The Wagner Students Association (WSA)

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Life at NYU - Agenda

• Layout of NYU/ Area Monuments
• Eating Drinking Around NYU
• Calendar of Events
• Tips, Must Dos, 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 NYUs 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
• Martys 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 (Powells 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, 2006
• St. Marks-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 _at_ 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. _at_ Sullivan St.)
• Indian Dosas in a hurry
• Space Market (1 University Pl _at_ Waverly)
• Good to grab a quick snack
• Dojo West Restaurant (14 W 4th St. _at_ 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
• Mahmouds Falafel (119 Macdougal St. _at_ W. 3rd)
• Falafel
• Bite (335 Lafayette St Lafayette Bleecker)
• Sandwiches
• Sparkys American Food (333 Lafayette St
  Lafayette Bleecker)
• All-Natural Grill fare
• Rice to Riches (37 Spring Street, between Mott
  and Mulberry St)

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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. _at_ Bowery)
• Caliente Cab Company (21 Waverly Pl. _at_ Greene)
• Bleecker Street Bar (58 Bleecker St. _at_
  Layfayette)
• Lucy's (135 Ave. A _at_ St. Marks Pl.)
• Joe's Bar (520 E. 6th St. _at_ Ave A)
• KGB Bar (85 E. 4th St. 2nd fl _at_ 2nd Ave)
• McSorley's (15 E. 7th St. _at_ 3rd Ave)
• Peculier Pub (145 Bleecker St. _at_ W. 3rd)
• V Bar (225 Sullivan St. _at_ Bleecker)
• Lion's Den (214 Sullivan St. _at_ 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 (430pm) New Student Welcome Reception
  in the Puck
• Sept. 13 (430pm) 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 (500pm) First General WSA Meeting

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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
• 700pm 1000pm - On 6th Avenue from Spring
  Street to 21st Street
• Line-up Begins at 630pm
• 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 - Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Nov. 27th or 28th (700-900pm 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 Clarks Rocking New Years Eve
  from Times Square
• Times Square
• Dec 31st New Years Eve Midnight Run
• http//www.nyrr.org/races/2007/calendar/december.a
  sp

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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 dont participate, you will be asked to
  leave Wagner.

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Calendar of Events March April

• March 17 St. Patricks Day the St. Patricks
  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 Dos,
• Things to do Right Now

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Tips

• If you find yourself feeling bored, youre 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 Dos

• 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 MoMAs Target Free Friday between
  400pm-800pm
• http//moma.org/visit_moma/admissions.html
• http//gonyc.about.com/od/midtownmuseums/tp/moma_v
  isit_tips.htm

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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/
• NYUs Students 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.htmllapt
  ops
• 212-992-VANS
• Free late night van service for NYU Students from
  Midnight to 500 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 (its actually a TV station)

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Resources - Websites

• Not For Tourists New York
• http//www.notfortourists.com/cityMain.aspx?cityN
  Y
• All NY
• http//www.allny.com/
• Upcoming New York
• http//upcoming.yahoo.com/
• Whats Up New York
• http//www.whatsupnyc.com/blog/
• Hop Stop
• http//www.hopstop.com/?citynewyork
• 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