New to NYU:

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New to NYU

• A Students Guide to NYU and New York City.

Brought to you by The Wagner Students
Association (WSA)
www.wagnerstudents.org
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Wagner Student Association

• Visit www.wagnerstudent.org
• WSA Board members
• The student group directory
• Upcoming event information
• And much more!

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Life at NYU - Agenda

• Layout of NYU/ Area Monuments
• Eating Drinking Around NYU
• Calendar of Events Around NY - September
• Tips, Must Dos, Things to do Right Now
• Resources

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Layout of NYU Area Monuments
Wagner is located in the Puck Building, right
between Soho and Greenwich Village
You are here
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Area Monuments

• The Puck
• 120-year old landmark - was once the printing
  facility of Puck Magazine, which ceased
  publication in 1918.
• Built from 1885 to 1893 in a Romanesque Revival
  style designed by architect Albert Wagner.
• Additional construction in 1899 to replace part
  of structure that was torn down to make room for
  the extension of Lafayette Street.
• Listed on the National Register of Historic
  Places and is a New York City landmark
• The exterior is used in the TV show Will Grace
  as the building where Grace works
• Wagner has called the Puck home since May, 2004

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Area Monuments

• Washington Square Park
• City Park, Home of NYUs Graduation Ceremony
• Used as a burial ground in the early 1800s
• The Arch
• A permanent marble Arch was erected in 1892
• replacing a plaster and wood arch created to
• celebrate the centennial of Washington's
• Inauguration
• Modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
• Inscription reads
• Let us raise a standard to which the wise and
  the honest can repair.
• The event is in the hand of God. - Washington
• 16m redesign of the park, which would relocate
  the central fountain by about 22 feet to align it
  with Arch, is under review

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Area Monuments

• The Alamo (The Cube)
• Can be spun on its vertical axis
• Designed by Minimalist artist Bernard "Tony"
  Rosenthal between 1966 and 1967
• Many people who move to New York consider turning
  The Cube to be a ritual signaling that they have
  "arrived" in the city

• 3 Siblings
• The Cube (Endover) Located on University of
  Michigan campus in Ann-Arbor
• Martys Cube Miami, FL
• Unnamed 4th Cube Located on Pyramid Hill, in
  Hamilton, OH

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Area Monuments

• The Strand Bookstore
• http//www.strandbooks.com/
• Founded in 1927 by Benjamin Bass
• 18 Miles of Books
• Large collection of publisher's overstock, used,
  rare, and out-of-print books
• 1 contender for the title of world's largest
  used bookstore (Powells of Portland, OR is 1)

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Eating and Drinking around NYU - Coffee

• Starbucks
• There are over 100 Starbucks within 2 miles of
  Campus. The closest are
• On Campus - Washington Square East and W. 4th
  79 Washington Square
• North of Washington Square 21 East 8th Street
• Broadway Bond 665 Broadway
• At Astor Place 13-25 Astor Place
• At Cooper Union 51 Astor Place
• Closest to Puck
• Broadway Bond 665 Broadway
• Or 72 Spring Street (down Lafayette to Spring)

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Eating and Drinking around NYU - Coffee

• Other Coffee Options
• Brought to you by the Starbucks Delocator -
  http//www.delocator.net/
• WagnerWorks Café
• The Puck Building, Second Floor
• Think Coffee
• 248 Mercer Street, between 3rd and 4th
  http//www.thinkcoffeenyc.com/
• Housing Works Used Book Cafe
• 126 Crosby Street _at_ Jersey Street
• http//www.housingworks.org/usedbookcafe/
• The Mud Truck
• http//www.themudtruck.com/
• Parked at Astor Place (4th Ave 8th Street),
  Mon-Fri 7am- 6pm, Sat Sun 10am-6pm
• Tea Spot

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Eating and Drinking around NYU-Quick Bites

• Thiru Dosa Man Kumar (Street Vendor -
  Washington Sq S. _at_ Sullivan St.)
• Indian Dosas in a hurry
• Space Market (1 University Pl _at_ Waverly)
• Good to grab a quick snack
• Dojo West Restaurant (14 W 4th St. _at_ Mercer)
• Quick, good Asian food
• Karens on Astor (1 Astor Pl)
• Good Sandwiches (vegitarian/vegan)
• Two Boots (74 Bleecker St)
• Good Pizza

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Eating and Drinking around NYU-Quick Bites
(Cont.)

• Lombardi's (32 Spring St.)
• Great Pizza
• Mahmouds Falafel (119 Macdougal St. _at_ W. 3rd)
• Falafel
• Bite (335 Lafayette St Lafayette Bleecker)
• Sandwiches
• Sparkys American Food (333 Lafayette St
  Lafayette Bleecker)
• All-Natural Grill fare
• Rice to Riches (37 Spring Street, between Mott
  and Mulberry St)
• Rice Pudding - http//www.ricetoriches.com

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Eating and Drinking around NYU- Bars and
Nightlife

• Slainte Pub (304 Bowery)
• Puck Fair (298 Lafayette St.)
• B Bar Grill (40 E 4th St. _at_ Bowery)
• Caliente Cab Company (21 Waverly Pl. _at_ Greene)
• Bleecker Street Bar (58 Bleecker St. _at_
  Layfayette)
• Lucy's (135 Ave. A _at_ St. Marks Pl.)
• Joe's Bar (520 E. 6th St. _at_ Ave A)
• KGB Bar (85 E. 4th St. 2nd fl _at_ 2nd Ave)
• McSorley's (15 E. 7th St. _at_ 3rd Ave)
• Peculier Pub (145 Bleecker St. _at_ W. 3rd)
• V Bar (225 Sullivan St. _at_ Bleecker)

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Calendar of Events - September

• Aug 31 Sept 13 U.S. Tennis Open (Flushing
  Meadows)
• Sept. 7th - Labor Day West Indian Day Carnival
  in Brooklynhttp//www.wiadca.com/index.php
• Sept. 10 (5pm) New Student Information Fair in
  Puck
• Sept. 11-20 NYC Craft Beer Week
• www.nycbeerweek.com
• Sept. 17th (515-630pm) WSA Student-Faculty
  Welcome Reception

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Tips

• If you find yourself feeling bored, youre not
  trying hard enough!
• Sign-up for some Listservs on NYUHome
• wagner-wsa
• wagner-wants
• wagner-discuss
• Read the local newspapers and magazines
• Read your e-mail
• NYU Printing Services
• Explore the City and get involved!

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NYC Must Dos

• Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge
• New York Restaurant Week (January July)
• http//www.nycvisit.com/
• Top of the Rock Rockefeller Center Observation
  Deck
• http//www.topoftherocknyc.com/
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum
• http//www.tenement.org/
• New York Transit Musesum
• http//www.mta.info/mta/museum/index.html
• Get Lost in Chinatown
• http//www.explorechinatown.com/

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NYC Must Dos (cont.)

• Discover an undiscovered band
• http//www.villagevoice.com/music/
• Get Free Tickets to a TV Show Taping
• http//gonyc.about.com/od/tvtapings/Tickets_for_TV
  _Show_Tapings.htm
• Go to MoMAs Target Free Friday between
  400pm-800pm
• http//moma.org/visit_moma/admissions.html
• http//gonyc.about.com/od/midtownmuseums/tp/moma_v
  isit_tips.htm
• Explore the Brooklyn Flea Markets
• http//www.brownstoner.com/brooklynflea/
• LEAVE Manhattan!!!!
• Find your own New York!!!

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5 Things to Do Right Now

• Sign-up for some Listservs on NYUHome
• wagner-wsa
• wagner-wants
• wagner-discuss
• RSVP for the Information Fair on 9/10 and sign-up
  and participate in Student Groups
• RSVP for the WSA Student/Faculty Reception on
  9/17 and get to know your professors
• Spend some of your free time in the Puck
• Go to the Wagner Happy Hours on Friday nights at
  Slainte Pub (304 Bowery)

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Resources

• Wagner Students Association
• http//www.wagnerstudents.org/
• NYUs Students City Guide
• http//www.nyu.edu/src/cityguide/
• Tickets through NYU Ticket Central (movies all
  year round!)
• http//www.nyu.edu/ticketcentral/
• Free Language Classes through Speaking Freely
• http//www.nyu.edu/pages/speaking.freely/
• Borrow a Laptop at the Bobst Library
• http//library.nyu.edu/services/computer.htmllapt
  ops
• 212-992-VANS
• Free late night van service for NYU Students from
  Midnight to 500 a.m.
• NYU Events Calendar - http//events.nyu.edu/

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Resources Newspapers and Magazines

• The New York Times
• The New York Daily News
• The New York Observer
• Time Out New York
• The New Yorker
• Village Voice
• New York 1 (TV station)

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Resources NYC websites

• Gothamist
• Gotham Gazette
• Brooklyn Paper (and online they have 30 blogs
  for bk neighborhoods)
• nycmugged.com
• - coffee shops in nyc
• Manhattan User's Guide (MUG)
• BrooklynBased.com
• NYmag.com

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Resources More Websites

• Not For Tourists New York - http//www.notfortouri
  sts.com/cityMain.aspx?cityNY
• All NY - http//www.allny.com/
• Upcoming New York - http//upcoming.yahoo.com/
• Whats Up New York - http//www.whatsupnyc.com/blo
  g/
• Hop Stop - http//www.hopstop.com/?citynewyork
• Menu Pages - http//www.menupages.com/
• The Official New York City Tourism Site -
  http//www.nycvisit.com/
• Seamless Web www.seamlessweb.com
• Discount Broadway Theater Tickets through TKTS -
  http//www.entertainment-link.com/tkts.asp

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