This construction fence is concealing the demise of Goldwater campus, but it is also the new home of Cornell NYC Tech, a new division of the university in partnership with Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology.   As a part of Mayor Bloomberg’s 2011 initiative, Cornell Tech was awarded a 99-year lease to the 12.5 acre parcel of land, south of the Queensboro Bridge, and $100 million in city capital for site maintenance and construction.  

    Described as "a graduate school like no other," NYC tech will be a green campus, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and James Corner is doing landscape design.  The new campus will include up to 2.1 million square feet of development and will house approximately 2,000 students and 280 faculty members by 2037.  The institution is building a modern, sustainable campus full of glass towers meant to house a think-tank of businesses and graduate students, similar to Silicon Valley.  The first phase of construction is expected to be completed in 2017.  Until then, students and staff are operating out of Google’s Manhattan offices on 8th Avenue. 

    The construction of the campus has been met with mixed results, with some residents worried about infrastructure issues, while others see the campus community as an opportunity to revitalize the island.

    Check out NYC Tech's website and see what they have to say.

South Tour Stop 10: Cornell Tech

Cornell NYC Tech Campus

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Kathryn Gardner

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Cornell Campus from NYC EAS