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'''West Side Market''' was a supermarket located on the ground floor of the terracotta building located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to [[Columbia Hot Bagels]]. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2003/10/28/News/Columbia.Hot.Bagels.May.Not.Return-2041095.shtml Spec article: CoBag may not return]</ref> West Side Market will return to the location, while CoBag has opted not to. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/28/News/West-Side.Market.To.Return-2509921.shtml Spec article: West Side Market to return]</ref>
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'''West Side Market''' was a supermarket located on the ground floor of the terracotta building then located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to [[Columbia Hot Bagels]]. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2003/10/28/News/Columbia.Hot.Bagels.May.Not.Return-2041095.shtml Spec article: CoBag may not return]</ref>  
  
West Side Market has now been closed for almost 3 years. When it finally reopens for 3 months, it will be a completely different place, physically and in the collective student consciousness.
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Legal wrangling over zoning law caused several months of construction delays, ending in the destruction of what was then the oldest existing commercial structure in Morningside Heights. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2004/10/08/News/110th.Building.Enters.Final.Phase-2033435.shtml  Spec article: Building enters final phase]</ref>
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West Side Market will return to the new building, while CoBag has opted not to. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/28/News/West-Side.Market.To.Return-2509921.shtml Spec article: West Side Market to return]</ref>
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West Side Market has now been closed for almost 3 years. When it finally reopens for 3 months, it will be a completely different place, physically and in the collective student consciousness.  
  
 
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Revision as of 08:26, 5 April 2007

West Side Market was a supermarket located on the ground floor of the terracotta building then located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to Columbia Hot Bagels. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. [1]

Legal wrangling over zoning law caused several months of construction delays, ending in the destruction of what was then the oldest existing commercial structure in Morningside Heights. [2]

West Side Market will return to the new building, while CoBag has opted not to. [3]

West Side Market has now been closed for almost 3 years. When it finally reopens for 3 months, it will be a completely different place, physically and in the collective student consciousness.

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