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- Whereas NYU had its Washington Square campus since its beginning, the university purchased a campus at University Heights in the Bronx because of overcrowding on the old campus and the desire to follow New York City's development further uptown.
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Feb 27, 2023 · In 1973, NYU sold the University Heights campus to the City College of New York, and it’s now home to the Bronx Community College. Alumni tours are sometimes offered, and the campus has been used for photoshoots for advertisements and scenes in films such as “Mona Lisa Smile” and “The Greatest Showman.”
Apr 30, 2023 · The same year that Bobst was built, the university made the decision to sell its undergraduate campus in the Bronx, which it had opened in 1894, due to financial hardship. The space, which NYU previously considered its main campus, was acquired by Bronx Community College.
Oct 25, 2010 · Eventually, the money from University Heights and the sale of the C.F. Mueller Pasta Company — NYU investment FTW — helped the NYU administration refurbish the Washington Square campus. Goodbye football and frats and classical architecture.
In 1973, New York University, faced with financial hardship, chose to sell the Heights and it became the home of Bronx Community College. Almost forty years later, the campus remains roughly the same, keeping the history of NYU University Heights alive.
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the sale of New York University’s former University Heights campus in the Bronx.
Whereas NYU had its Washington Square campus since its beginning, the university purchased a campus at University Heights in the Bronx because of overcrowding on the old campus and the desire to follow New York City's development further uptown.
In 1894 the University of the City of New York moved its engineering school to a new campus in the Bronx. With this move the University of the City of New York was renamed New York University and the Bronx campus eventually being known as University Heights.
