Rendering of new Coles gym site
New York University won’t be sparing Greenwich Village’s most fiercely protected dog run in its expansion of the school’s facilities.
Although a ruling from the Manhattan Supreme Court has dramatically scaled back NYU’s original $6 billion development proposal, the decision did not ban the school from flattening the dog run.
Since a working group of students, faculty and administrators have concluded it would be too expensive to build facilities in Brooklyn, they have recommended the school redevelop the current Coles Sports Center at Houston and Mercer streets.
The group issued a report this week endorsing the construction of 80 classrooms and 500 dorm rooms for freshman at the site, as well as a new gym and performance space, DNAinfo reported.
To appease riled dog-loving residents, NYU has proposed to build a public garden, and possibly a new dog run, on the other side of the development. [DNAinfo] – Angela Hunt