Title: New to NYU:
1New to NYU
- A Students Guide to NYU and New York City.
Brought to you by The Wagner Students
Association (WSA)
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2Wagner Student Association
- Visit www.wagnerstudent.org
- WSA Board members
- The student group directory
- Upcoming event information
- And much more!
3Life at NYU - Agenda
- Layout of NYU/ Area Monuments
- Eating Drinking Around NYU
- Calendar of Events Around NY - September
- Tips, Must Dos, Things to do Right Now
- Resources
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4Layout of NYU Area Monuments
Wagner is located in the Puck Building, right
between Soho and Greenwich Village
You are here
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5Area Monuments
- The Puck
- 120-year old landmark - 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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6Area 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
- replacing a plaster and wood arch created to
- celebrate the centennial of 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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7Area Monuments
- The Alamo (The Cube)
- Can be spun on its vertical axis
- Designed by Minimalist artist Bernard "Tony"
Rosenthal between 1966 and 1967 - Many people who move to New York consider turning
The Cube to be a ritual signaling that they have
"arrived" in the city
- 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
8Area 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)
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9Eating and 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 Square 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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10Eating and 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
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11Eating and 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
- Karens on Astor (1 Astor Pl)
- Good Sandwiches (vegitarian/vegan)
- Two Boots (74 Bleecker St)
- Good Pizza
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12Eating and Drinking around NYU-Quick Bites
(Cont.)
- 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) - Rice Pudding - http//www.ricetoriches.com
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13Eating and Drinking around NYU- Bars and
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)
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14Calendar of Events - September
- Aug 31 Sept 13 U.S. Tennis Open (Flushing
Meadows) - Sept. 7th - Labor Day West Indian Day Carnival
in Brooklynhttp//www.wiadca.com/index.php - Sept. 10 (5pm) New Student Information Fair in
Puck - Sept. 11-20 NYC Craft Beer Week
- www.nycbeerweek.com
- Sept. 17th (515-630pm) WSA Student-Faculty
Welcome Reception
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15Tips
- 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
- NYU Printing Services
- Explore the City and get involved!
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16NYC 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/
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17NYC Must Dos (cont.)
- 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 - 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 - Explore the Brooklyn Flea Markets
- http//www.brownstoner.com/brooklynflea/
- LEAVE Manhattan!!!!
- Find your own New York!!!
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185 Things to Do Right Now
- Sign-up for some Listservs on NYUHome
- wagner-wsa
- wagner-wants
- wagner-discuss
- RSVP for the Information Fair on 9/10 and sign-up
and participate in Student Groups - RSVP for the WSA Student/Faculty Reception on
9/17 and get to know your professors - Spend some of your free time in the Puck
- Go to the Wagner Happy Hours on Friday nights at
Slainte Pub (304 Bowery)
19Resources
- Wagner Students Association
- http//www.wagnerstudents.org/
- NYUs Students City Guide
- http//www.nyu.edu/src/cityguide/
- Tickets through NYU Ticket Central (movies all
year round!) - 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/
20Resources Newspapers and Magazines
- The New York Times
- The New York Daily News
- The New York Observer
- Time Out New York
- The New Yorker
- Village Voice
- New York 1 (TV station)
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21Resources NYC websites
- Gothamist
- Gotham Gazette
- Brooklyn Paper (and online they have 30 blogs
for bk neighborhoods) - nycmugged.com
- - coffee shops in nyc
- Manhattan User's Guide (MUG)
- BrooklynBased.com
- NYmag.com
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22Resources More Websites
- Not For Tourists New York - http//www.notfortouri
sts.com/cityMain.aspx?cityNY - All NY - http//www.allny.com/
- Upcoming New York - http//upcoming.yahoo.com/
- Whats Up New York - http//www.whatsupnyc.com/blo
g/ - Hop Stop - http//www.hopstop.com/?citynewyork
- Menu Pages - http//www.menupages.com/
- The Official New York City Tourism Site -
http//www.nycvisit.com/ - Seamless Web www.seamlessweb.com
- Discount Broadway Theater Tickets through TKTS -
http//www.entertainment-link.com/tkts.asp
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