Maggie Astor

Senior Columns

Former Spectator staff share their experiences and thoughts before graduation. Today we hear from Maggie Astor, Angela Radulescu, and Scott Levi.

By Scott Levi, Maggie Astor, and Angela Radulescu | Apr 26 12:03 am ET

Senior Column: Sunrise with Spec

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

By Maggie Astor | Apr 25 09:16 pm ET

U.S. Supreme Court to consider hearing M’ville case

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.

By Maggie Astor and Finn Vigeland | Dec 10 05:29 am ET

New home for Floridita on 125th

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.

By Maggie Astor | Oct 22 03:46 am ET

Months after closing, Floridita Restaurant to reopen at 125th Street

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

By Maggie Astor | Oct 5 03:17 am ET

In student call, Obama talks loans, dining hall food

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?

By Maggie Astor | Sep 28 02:52 am ET

Harlem residents torn on new housing

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.

By Maggie Astor | Sep 15 05:07 am ET

Court OKs expansion, Columbia pushes forward in M’ville

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

By Maggie Astor and Kim Kirschenbaum | Sep 7 02:01 am ET

Court OKs Manhattanville expansion

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.

By Maggie Astor and Kim Kirschenbaum | Jun 24 10:58 am ET

Court of Appeals grills state on M'ville blight, civic purpose of expansion

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.

By Maggie Astor and Kim Kirschenbaum | Jun 1 07:32 pm ET

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