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New York University
Most of NYU's buildings are scattered around Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Samuel Morse worked on the telegraph in the university's first Main Building, on the site of today's Silver Center.
- 7Buildings
- 4Traditions
- 1851Oldest · Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
- 2003Newest · Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
Campus map and Look Around
Tap a numbered pin to see that building from the street with Apple Look Around.
Planning the visit
- Fly intoLaGuardia Airport (LGA)
New York City has three major airports: LaGuardia, JFK and Newark. AirTrain links JFK and Newark with trains into Manhattan.
- Getting aroundWalking / NYC Subway
The West Fourth Street–Washington Square station is just west of the park at Sixth Avenue, and the 8th Street–NYU station on Broadway serves the east side of campus.
- Colors and teams
The school colors are NYU Violet and white, and the teams are the Violets. The mascot, since 1981, is a bobcat.
7 buildings to stamp
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Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Silver Center
32 Waverly Pl, New York, NY
Alfred Zucker designed this brick, stone and terra-cotta building in 1892 to replace NYU's Gothic Revival first building on the same spot. Known as Main Building until 2002, it is home to the College of Arts and Science.
- Built
- 1892
- Architect
- Alfred Zucker
- Today
- College of Arts and Science
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Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012
Philip Johnson and Richard Foster designed NYU's 12-story main library, which opened in 1973 on the south side of Washington Square Park. Its marble floor was designed to look three-dimensional from above.
- Built
- 1973
- Architect
- Philip Johnson and Richard Foster
- Stories
- 12
- Today
- University Library
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Photo: Epicgenius, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Brown Building
23–29 Washington Pl, New York, NY
John Woolley designed this ten-story iron and steel loft building, completed in 1901. Built as the Asch Building, it was the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and is now a National Historic Landmark owned by NYU.
- Built
- 1901
- Architect
- John Woolley
- Style
- Neo-Renaissance
- Stories
- 10
- Today
- University Classrooms and Labs
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Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
566 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012
Completed in 2003 inside NYU's Kimmel Center, this 850-seat theater was designed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates. It presents dance, theater, music and talks open to the public.
- Built
- 2003
- Architect
- Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
- Today
- Theater
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Photo: SilverTowers-wide.jpg: how_long_it_takes derivative work: MBisanz talk, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Silver Towers
100 and 110 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012
I. M. Pei and James Ingo Freed designed these 30-story towers of University Village, completed in 1966. They house NYU faculty and graduate students around a plaza with an enlargement of Picasso's Bust of Sylvette.
- Built
- 1966
- Architect
- I. M. Pei and James Ingo Freed
- Style
- Modern
- Stories
- 30
- Today
- Faculty and Graduate Housing
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Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Provincetown Playhouse
133 MacDougal St, New York, NY
The Provincetown Players, whose members included Eugene O'Neill, turned a former stable and wine-bottling plant into this theater in 1918. Now owned by NYU, it is used by the Steinhardt School.
- Built
- 1918
- Today
- Theater
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Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
24 W 12th St, New York, NY
NYU's center for Italian culture is in an Italianate brownstone built in 1851–52, where General Winfield Scott lived from 1853 to 1855. It hosts free public lectures, films and concerts.
- Built
- 1851
- Style
- Italianate
- Stories
- 4
- Today
- Italian Cultural Center
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4 traditions to check off
Stamped! keeps these as a checklist, so you can tick each one off on the visit.
Washington Square Arch
The arch belongs to the city, but it has become the unofficial symbol of NYU, whose buildings ring the park. Take a photo with the arch and Fifth Avenue behind it.
Bust of Sylvette
In the plaza between the Silver Towers stands a huge enlargement of Picasso's Bust of Sylvette, made with Carl Nesjar. Walk into the courtyard to see it up close.
Gould Plaza
This plaza off West 4th Street, framed by the Stern School and the Courant Institute, is where NYU students gather after classes. Look for the purple NYU flags on the buildings around it.
Grey Art Museum
NYU's fine art museum, known as the Grey Art Gallery until 2023, now has larger galleries at 18 Cooper Square. Visit to see the university's collection, including modern Asian and Middle Eastern art.
History
Founded 1831
From Wikipedia
The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park. Since then, the university has added an engineering school in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center and graduate schools throughout Manhattan. NYU is one of the largest private universities in the United States by enrollment, with a total of 61,890 enrolled students in 2023, and is one of the nation's most heavily applied–to universities with over 120,000 applications each year.
The app's quiz · 10 questions
How well do you know New York University?
The same quiz as in Stamped!: name the landmark, its architect, its style or the year it was finished. Every round is different.
Know New York University well?
Students and alumni know the traditions best. Suggest one we're missing, a building worth a stamp, or a fix. Every suggestion is checked against a source before it goes into the app.
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