Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park
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The Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park was a highly controversial proposed athletic facility whose perceived racial and community inequities helped spark the 1968 student protests at Columbia University.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
controversial construction project
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proposed university athletic facility ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 1968 Columbia University protests NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalystFor |
1968 Columbia University student strike
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heightened tensions between Columbia University and surrounding community in 1968 ⓘ student occupation of Columbia University buildings in 1968 ⓘ |
| constructionStartPlanned | late 1960s ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Columbia University students
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Harlem community residents ⓘ Student Afro-American Society at Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ Students for a Democratic Society at Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ civil rights activists ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
inequitable community access
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racially segregated access plans ⓘ use of public park land for private university purposes ⓘ |
| hasContext |
civil rights movement in the United States
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student protest movements of the 1960s ⓘ |
| hasPlannedDesignFeature |
larger facilities for Columbia affiliates than for community users
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separate entrances for university and community users ⓘ |
| hasPlannedFunction |
athletic facility
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gymnasium ⓘ recreational facility ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates over public space and private institutions in New York City
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subsequent university-community relations at Columbia University ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan, New York City
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Morningside Heights, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ Morningside Park NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
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United States
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| memorializedAs | key grievance in histories of the 1968 Columbia protests ⓘ |
| outcome | project ultimately cancelled ⓘ |
| partOf | Columbia University campus expansion plans ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
symbol of community displacement
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symbol of racial inequality ⓘ symbol of university encroachment into public parkland ⓘ |
| perceivedByOpponentsAs |
embodiment of institutional racism
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example of urban renewal harming Black communities ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Columbia University expansion into Harlem
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land use disputes in New York City parks ⓘ |
| status |
abandoned as a construction project
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never completed ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
media coverage about campus unrest in 1968
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negotiations between Columbia University and community groups in 1968 ⓘ student protest demands in 1968 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1960s
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1968 ⓘ |
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Columbia University protests of 1968
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Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park
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