With its open, environmentally sustainable design, local retail amenities, and publicly accessible green spaces, Columbia University's new Manhattanville campus will provide a pedestrian-friendly connection between West Harlem and scenic Harlem Piers Park, along the Hudson River.

The development, which will span over three decades, will include innovative new buildings for Columbia’s Nobel Prize-winning neuroscience department, Business School, the School of the Arts, an academic conference center and new spaces for art, culture and community.

The Design Trust Council members joined us for breakfast with Maxine Griffith, Columbia University’s executive vice president for government and community affairs (and Design Trust board member) and Philip Pitruzzello, Manhattanville Development’s senior vice president. The group discussed the design and construction plans for a nexus of neuroscience, arts and business on the West Harlem waterfront and how the community and government review process influenced the design. 

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