Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park
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The Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park was a highly controversial proposed athletic facility whose perceived racial and community inequities helped spark the 1968 student protests at Columbia University.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park Context triple: [Columbia University protests of 1968, mainLocation, Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park]
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Columbia University Midtown campus
Columbia University Midtown campus was a former urban campus of Columbia University located in Midtown Manhattan before the university consolidated its main academic operations in Morningside Heights.
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B.
Brown Building at New York University
The Brown Building at New York University is a historic Greenwich Village structure best known as the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a pivotal event in U.S. labor and fire safety reform.
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C.
Central Park and Morningside Heights
Central Park and Morningside Heights are adjacent areas in Manhattan, New York City, with Central Park being a major urban park and Morningside Heights a primarily residential and academic neighborhood.
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D.
Columbia Park
Columbia Park is a large, historic public park in North Portland, Oregon, known for its wooded areas, sports fields, and community recreation facilities.
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Columbia Park
Columbia Park was the early 20th-century baseball stadium in Philadelphia that served as the original home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park Target entity description: The Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park was a highly controversial proposed athletic facility whose perceived racial and community inequities helped spark the 1968 student protests at Columbia University.
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A.
Columbia University Midtown campus
Columbia University Midtown campus was a former urban campus of Columbia University located in Midtown Manhattan before the university consolidated its main academic operations in Morningside Heights.
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B.
Brown Building at New York University
The Brown Building at New York University is a historic Greenwich Village structure best known as the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a pivotal event in U.S. labor and fire safety reform.
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C.
Central Park and Morningside Heights
Central Park and Morningside Heights are adjacent areas in Manhattan, New York City, with Central Park being a major urban park and Morningside Heights a primarily residential and academic neighborhood.
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Columbia Park
Columbia Park is a large, historic public park in North Portland, Oregon, known for its wooded areas, sports fields, and community recreation facilities.
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E.
Columbia Park
Columbia Park was the early 20th-century baseball stadium in Philadelphia that served as the original home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
controversial construction project
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proposed university athletic facility ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 1968 Columbia University protests NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalystFor |
1968 Columbia University student strike
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heightened tensions between Columbia University and surrounding community in 1968 ⓘ student occupation of Columbia University buildings in 1968 ⓘ |
| constructionStartPlanned | late 1960s ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Columbia University students
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Harlem community residents ⓘ Student Afro-American Society at Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ Students for a Democratic Society at Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ civil rights activists ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
inequitable community access
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racially segregated access plans ⓘ use of public park land for private university purposes ⓘ |
| hasContext |
civil rights movement in the United States
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student protest movements of the 1960s ⓘ |
| hasPlannedDesignFeature |
larger facilities for Columbia affiliates than for community users
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separate entrances for university and community users ⓘ |
| hasPlannedFunction |
athletic facility
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gymnasium ⓘ recreational facility ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates over public space and private institutions in New York City
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subsequent university-community relations at Columbia University ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan, New York City
NERFINISHED
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Morningside Heights, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ Morningside Park NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| memorializedAs | key grievance in histories of the 1968 Columbia protests ⓘ |
| outcome | project ultimately cancelled ⓘ |
| partOf | Columbia University campus expansion plans ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
symbol of community displacement
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symbol of racial inequality ⓘ symbol of university encroachment into public parkland ⓘ |
| perceivedByOpponentsAs |
embodiment of institutional racism
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example of urban renewal harming Black communities ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Columbia University expansion into Harlem
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land use disputes in New York City parks ⓘ |
| status |
abandoned as a construction project
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never completed ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
media coverage about campus unrest in 1968
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negotiations between Columbia University and community groups in 1968 ⓘ student protest demands in 1968 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1960s
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1968 ⓘ |
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Subject: Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park Description of subject: The Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park was a highly controversial proposed athletic facility whose perceived racial and community inequities helped spark the 1968 student protests at Columbia University.
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Columbia University protests of 1968
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Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park
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