Dear Columbia

A long time ago I wrote about how Columbia is seeking to expand into Manhattanville, an old industrial neighborhood to its northwest.  There has been opposition to the development by some in the neighborhood and the university is negotiating a community benefits agreement with representatives of the community.  The signs above are all from Tuck-it-Away Self-Storage.  The university is also reserving the right to ask the state to use its power of eminent domain to acquire the property.

Lots more information can be found in the Columbia Spectator.  Greg beat me to the punch and put similar photos on Flickr last month.

Comments

[kende]

An expanded Columbia campus fits that neighborhood perfectly. The storage companies and gas stations should just negotiate a good buyout, move to a different location, and pocket the profit. If eminent domain is good for anything it's got to be for expanding a world class university campus.

[fateplan]

funny, you would think so . . . until Dartmouth U. decides to evict yo grandma