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Guide to the Washington Square Park Redevelopment Collection
1952-1966
MS 678
Historical Note
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| 1952 |
New York University announces plans to redevelop Washington Square Park Southeast
area.
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| 1954 |
Washington Square Park Committee announces its plan to fight the project. |
| 1958 |
Washington Square Park converts from being open to all traffic to only being open
to bus traffic.
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| 1959 |
Washington Square Park completely closed to traffic. |
| 1964 |
New York University reveals design of library on Washington Square South. |
| 1965 |
New York University asks the City Planning Commission to review proposal of campus
expansion, including the library.
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| 1966 |
Community Planning Commission holds public hearing on the project. |
| 1973 |
New York University's Bobst Library completed. |
