NYU-SCPS has new home in Greenwich Village
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Mitchell/Giurgola Architects' design of the new façade at 7 East 12th Street.
After 75 years, the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies will have its own, identifiable home on NYU’s campus, at 7 East 12th Street. The new facility — a 12-story building owned by NYU since 1992 and once Fairchild Publications’ headquarters — will unite the School’s several locations now spread out across the Washington Square area.
The school will now be permanently anchored in three Manhattan locales — in Greenwich Village, Downtown (at the Woolworth building), and Midtown (at 11 West 42nd Street). Classes will happen there, and in other NYU facilities.
After major renovations, the School will begin moving in early summer 2011. The lower floors will have new classrooms, student lounges, and conference rooms, with office space above. The 117,000 square-foot building will house the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management; the Paul McGhee Division (NYU’s adult undergraduate program); the American Language Institute; continuing education programs in the arts, humanities, writing, and foreign languages; and the Dean’s, admissions, and financial aid offices.
Built in 1948 for Fairchild Publications (publishers of fashion magazines W and Women’s Wear Daily), 7 East 12th Street was designed by Harrison & Abramovitz. They were the architects of Rockefeller Center and the United Nations Secretariat building.
New lobby at 7 East 12th Street.
New York-based Mitchell/Giurgola Architects is overseeing the redesign and reconfiguration of the building, which will include a new transparent façade and open, atrium-like entrance lobby. The classrooms, lounges, conference rooms, and new offices will be state-of-the-art. And, in keeping with NYU’s Climate Action Plan, the building will be energy efficient, meet LEED Certification standards, use environmentally friendly materials and “smart” energy systems, and maximize natural light.
Follow the progress of the 7 East 12th Street renovation project at the NYU Construction website.
UPDATED: The news hit the press — “NYU Continuing Ed. schools gets own building,” (4/26/10 Crain’s New York Business).
