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The New York Observer just released their list of this year's 100 Most Powerful People in Real Estate. Rounding off the upper echelon of the city's developers, scions, and politicians is none other than PrezBo. Says the Observer: "In a town where real estate is rarely measured in acres, Lee Bollinger is leading Columbia toward a 17-acre expansion, adding 6.8 million square feet to the campus. With the help of eminent domain, or at least the threat, he will be responsible for the wholesale transformation of West Harlem."

PrezBo narrowly beat the guy responsible for NYU's 6 million sq. feet of Greenwich Village expansion as well as New York's new governor, David Paterson.

Read more: Manhattanville, New York Observer, Prezbo

May 18, 2008 @ 1:28 PM | Comments 24 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | Email this post | Share on Facebook

Posted by loud noises: [#1] [reply] [track]
( posted May 18, 2008 at 3:05 PM ) (from campus)
Is a commencement run-through happening? Is that the loud noise outside?
Posted by senior: [#2] [reply] [track]
( posted May 18, 2008 at 3:29 PM ) (from campus)
no we don't get a run through... who knows what the noise is. I can't hear anything from EC
Posted by loud noises: [#3] [reply] [track]
( posted May 18, 2008 at 4:24 PM ) (from campus)
they're reading out names, and there's this level of cheering that's *so* consistent that i'm convinced it's taped...
Posted by dumbasses: [#4] [reply] [track]
( posted May 18, 2008 at 4:30 PM ) (from campus)
there are other schools at columbia university besides CC and SEAS. the B-school's grad is today
Posted by geez: [#5] [reply] [track] (in reply to #4)
( posted May 18, 2008 at 4:41 PM ) (from campus)
lighten up, buddy...

they are still testing the a/v equipment as well. wasn't the b-school grad ceremony in low?
Posted by Answer...: [#6] [reply] [track]
( posted May 18, 2008 at 5:17 PM )
Unless you're talking about something going on DIRECTLY in the middle of campus, it was probably the AIDS walk, which happened today...several thousand cheering people take a long time to cross 110th St, and make enough noise to reach all of Morningside Heights.
Posted by Why: [#7] [reply] [track] (in reply to #4)
( posted May 18, 2008 at 5:37 PM ) (from campus)
would anybody care about their graduation?
Posted by FYI: [#8] [reply] [track]
( posted May 18, 2008 at 6:25 PM ) (from campus)
CULPA's back up.
Posted by Wait,: [#9] [reply] [track] (in reply to #6)
( posted May 18, 2008 at 6:34 PM )
They were cheering for AIDS?
Posted by Prezbo...: [#10] [reply] [track]
( posted May 18, 2008 at 6:35 PM )
was ahead of David Patterson? It wouldn't be the first disabled black man he beat out of New York real estate.

HEY-oh!...I'll be here 'til thursday
Posted by what do you: [#11] [reply] [track]
( posted May 18, 2008 at 6:59 PM ) (from campus)
call it when you buy an entire fishing pier in manhattanville?

reel estate!
Posted by we measure: [#12] [reply] [track]
( posted May 18, 2008 at 8:29 PM )
Manhattanville in acres because it reminds us of the time of plantations.
Posted by damn: [#13] [reply] [track] (in reply to #10)
( posted May 18, 2008 at 8:48 PM )
that was a good one
Posted by ha ha ha: [#14] [reply] [track] (in reply to #12)
( posted May 18, 2008 at 9:16 PM )
get it? because columbia is as bad as slave-owners.... obviously
Posted by actually: [#15] [reply] [track] (in reply to #14)
( posted May 18, 2008 at 10:16 PM )
i was going for the meaning at the other end of the whip, so to speak.
Posted by graduate: [#16] [reply] [track]
( posted May 19, 2008 at 11:04 AM )
is anyone watching quigley's class day speech right now? this is beyond embarrassing.
Posted by ...: [#17] [reply] [track] (in reply to #16)
( posted May 19, 2008 at 11:31 AM ) (from campus)
I thought it was pretty good, actually.
Posted by loud noises: [#18] [reply] [track]
( posted May 19, 2008 at 11:48 AM ) (from campus)
ok, so this grad thing is kind of intriguing.

in what order are these names being read? it kinda sounds like a blurofnoise, but it's def. not alphabetical...
Posted by they read them: [#19] [reply] [track]
( posted May 19, 2008 at 12:02 PM )
in the order that you sit in. you give them a card with your name on it.
Posted by On graduation day: [#20] [reply] [track] (in reply to #19)
( posted May 19, 2008 at 12:49 PM ) (from campus)
"Where are you sitting?"

"I'm between Zermello and Frank"
Posted by graduate: [#21] [reply] [track]
( posted May 19, 2008 at 1:30 PM )
very strange bwog doesn't have an open comment thread for class day / graduation.
Posted by or...: [#22] [reply] [track] (in reply to #21)
( posted May 19, 2008 at 2:30 PM )
any coverage on the class day speeches! come on!
Posted by does: [#23] [reply] [track]
( posted May 19, 2008 at 3:07 PM )
bwog continue in the summer?
Posted by Juli (Site staff): [#24] [reply] [track]
( posted May 19, 2008 at 4:10 PM )
Check back for our class day coverage at the end of the day!
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