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[[Image:Grove.jpg|thumb|200px|View down 120th Street. '''The Grove''' on the left, Teachers College on the right, and Milbank Hall in the distance.]] | [[Image:Grove.jpg|thumb|200px|View down 120th Street. '''The Grove''' on the left, Teachers College on the right, and Milbank Hall in the distance.]] | ||
| − | '''The Grove''' was a park at the northern end of the [[Morningside Heights campus]] located at street level directly across from [[Teachers College]]. It was part of Charles McKim's original campus plan. After years of | + | '''The Grove''' was a park at the northern end of the [[Morningside Heights campus]] located at street level directly across from [[Teachers College]]. It was part of Charles McKim's original campus plan. After years of development on the site beginning with [[Pupin Physics Laboratories]], and followed by [[Mudd]], [[Dodge Fitness Center]], [[Computer Science]] and [[Fairchild]] the park has ceased to exist. The last remaining fenced off patch of land at the corner of 120th St and Broadway behind [[Levien Gym]] and Pupin was excavated in March of [[2007]] to make way for the [[Northwest Science Building]]. |
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| + | The only remaining vestige of the Grove's legacy is the delivery elevator on 119th St and Amsterdam Avenue which is known as "The Grove Elevator." | ||
[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||
[[Category:Parks in Morningside Heights]] | [[Category:Parks in Morningside Heights]] | ||
Revision as of 21:35, 8 September 2007
The Grove was a park at the northern end of the Morningside Heights campus located at street level directly across from Teachers College. It was part of Charles McKim's original campus plan. After years of development on the site beginning with Pupin Physics Laboratories, and followed by Mudd, Dodge Fitness Center, Computer Science and Fairchild the park has ceased to exist. The last remaining fenced off patch of land at the corner of 120th St and Broadway behind Levien Gym and Pupin was excavated in March of 2007 to make way for the Northwest Science Building.
The only remaining vestige of the Grove's legacy is the delivery elevator on 119th St and Amsterdam Avenue which is known as "The Grove Elevator."
