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While We Were Sleeping: NYU and the Destruction of New York by Jules Feiffer, James S. Russell, Patrick Deer, David Amram, Eric Drooker, Joel Grey, Andrew Ross, Kenneth Lonergan, Ernest Davis, Jessica Hagedorn, Mark Crispin Miller, John Guare, Ashley Gibertson, Hubert Steed, Arthur Nersesian, Daniel Goldstein, Joseph McElroy, Lynne Tillman, Eileen Myles, Philip Levine, Barbara Browning, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Roberta Brandes Gratz, E.L. Doctorow, Kevin Baker, Nat Hentoff, Patrick W. Gallagher, Brian McFadden, Peter Carey, Sarah Schulman, Michael Sorkin

nnebeluk's review

4.0

I came across this book in the self-print section of McNally Jackson and as most great books it was a happy accidental find. I've long been weary of the NYU expansions plans and to see it take voice was reaffirming.
This book is a little bloated and some of the pieces are repetitive - yes we get it it's bad but you can explain YOUR reasoning for it? And an introduction of the NYU 2031 plan at the beginning would have been useful for novices.
Despite this it's still an important read to really understand the impact NYU is about to have on the village and the city. In particular the pieces by Andrew Ross and Sarah Schulman are must reads for anyone that wants to learn about this topic.
Overall I encourage any New Yorker to read this book, but hope they tighten up the second edition.