No Snow Day at NYU

Today is March 2, 2009. New York City is in the midst of a winter snow storm. Let's take a look out of my dorm windows. I'm located at NYU Palladium, on East 14th Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues. It's definitely a winter wonderland...







NYU, my university of choice, has issued a Winter Storm Alert, saying that we could experience up to 8-12 inches of snowfall, yet all classes are scheduled to open today.


Meanwhile, there are 480 school closings in New York City on NBC New York's website. Among some of the other closed universities in NYC today are FIT, The New School, and Pace University. Wow. And what's the National Weather Service saying? Let's hear a quote:

NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTING
TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...
WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT
TIMES AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Sounds like a promising day! A bit chilly, though, so go find your honey bunny and cuddle!

Living in NYC's Legendary Discotheque -- The Palladium

In 1985, Interior Design magazine wrote that The Palladium:

"represents Arata Isozaki's transformation of a vacant and rundown theater (originally built in 1854 as the Academy of Music) into an extraordinary interior that can only be described as a sleek new structure, the equivalent of a seven-story building suing more than 200 tons of steel, within the restored grandeur of the original shell."

It was the party playground for celebrities, including Madonna. Unfortunately, The Palladium saw its best days in the 80's. In 1998, it was closed, sold to New York University, and demolished.



Now, in 2009, the site is the home of Palladium Hall, which houses NYU students as well as multiple NYU facilities, including the Wasserman Center for Career Development,the Palladium Athletics Facility, a dining hall, wireless study lounges and music and piano rooms.

In fact, it also houses me, an NYU senior! And these days, the only excitement that this historic site boasts include lost mail situations and troubles signing in guests with the guards in the lobby. So much for the glory days!