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Following NASA's Removal From UWS Building, Textbooks and Journals Thrown in Dumpster

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NASA materials in a dumpster at West 112th Street. Photo credit Lisa Bates.

By Gus Saltonstall

Following NASA having to vacate its longtime home at Armstrong Hall on West 112th Street and Broadway, science books, journals and materials were thrown into a dumpster on the Upper West Side block.

The relocation of the more than 100 scientists came after a federal government cost-cutting push connected to an executive order this April calling for a “re-examination of all leased federal office space, especially in city centers.”

NASA, which has operated out of 2880 Broadway since 1966, subsequently canceled its lease. But, money will not be saved, since the lease is between Columbia University and a different federal agency, meaning that the $3 million in yearly rent will still be due, regardless of whether the scientists are in the building, a Columbia official told the Times.

Photo credit Lisa Bates.
Some books were rescued from the dumpster and given out on the street. Photo credit Lisa Bates.

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