A few years ago I put up a bunch of photos from around Manhattanville, that little corner of West Harlem where Columbia was planning to build a new campus. Time and lawsuits have passed big swaths of the neighborhood have disappeared as the university starts preparing the site for construction. A big stretch of the Riverside Drive viaduct is visible for the first time in close to a century. I'm not sure when buildings will start to rise but the anticipated completion date for the first set of them is in 2015.
I'm running out of pictures to show and things to say here. Maybe I need to go somewhere lush and green.
Seattle would fit the bill!
Posted by: Jeff | 07 April 2011 at 09:52 PM
Sounds good to me.
Posted by: Joe | 08 April 2011 at 09:57 AM
you haven't posted any pics of the daffodils that have started to bloom, the new five guys (which i am not a fan of. seriously just walk to shake shack), the newly-revised bookculture upstairs lounge area with wifi, greg ligon at the whitney, that kid that plays like 6 instruments at a time in the 103rd street subway on weekdays ( i wish i remembered his name/site), the amazing and inexpensive absolute bagels...nope sorry you do not get to leave just yet. please don not even joke about it. i like your posts too much to joke about leaving.
Posted by: justenoughsalt | 08 April 2011 at 11:13 PM
also did you hear about this event yet? http://pinterest.com/pin/12631680/
Posted by: justenoughsalt | 08 April 2011 at 11:59 PM
I saw that library thing but I've been too busy getting ready to leave to give it much consideration.
Posted by: Joe | 09 April 2011 at 09:22 PM