Maggie Astor

Senior Columns
Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 12:03am

Former Spectator staff share their experiences and thoughts before graduation.

Senior Column: Sunrise with Spec
Mon, Apr 25, 2011, 9:16pm

Maggie Astor reflects that forfeiting the "normal" college experience was worth it.

U.S. Supreme Court to consider hearing M’ville case
Fri, Dec 10, 2010, 5:29am

At stake are the only properties in the expansion zone—from 125th to 134th streets, from Broadway to 12th Avenue—that Columbia does not yet own: Nick Sprayregen’s four Tuck-It-Away Self-Storage locations and two gas stations owned by Gurnam Singh and Parminder Kaur.

New home for Floridita on 125th
Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 3:46am

Owner Ramon Diaz said he has signed a lease on a Columbia-owned building at the corner of 12th Avenue and 125th Street—just two blocks west of his former location on 125th and Broadway.

Months after closing, Floridita Restaurant to reopen at 125th Street
Tue, Oct 5, 2010, 3:17am

After closing last April, the popular Cuban restaurant Floridita will reopen in a new location on 125th Street.

In student call, Obama talks loans, dining hall food
Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 2:52am

President President Barack Obama, CC ’83, spoke to students in a conference call Monday, where he discussed tuition, student loans—and John Jay cafeteria food?

Harlem residents torn on new housing
Wed, Sep 15, 2010, 5:07am

It's neighbor against neighbor between Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell boulevards, where residents are divided over whether to allow an eight-story building to be constructed.

Court OKs expansion, Columbia pushes forward in M’ville
Tue, Sep 7, 2010, 2:01am

The University is not wasting time with its plan, pushing forward this month with construction projects and demolition efforts in Manhattanville.

Court OKs Manhattanville expansion
Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 10:58am

The Empire State Development Corporation's use of eminent domain was upheld Thursday by the New York State Court of Appeals, paving the way for Columbia's Manhattanville expansion plan.

Court of Appeals grills state on M'ville blight, civic purpose of expansion
Tue, Jun 1, 2010, 7:32pm

Well over 100 people crowded into the courtroom—and more overflowed into a separate room with a closed-circuit television—to watch the significant eminent domain hearing unfold.

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