COMPLETED PROJECT

133-139 MacDougal is a vacated residential building, with some office space as well as the home of the Provincetown Playhouse. The Playhouse is a working theatre for NYU's Steinhardt music and performing arts departments.

The site is owned by NYU's Law School, and is the final building in the Law School's master plan. In addition to the new Provincetown Playhouse, the building will house the Law School's new and existing Research Centers which have outgrown their current space and are awaiting a permanent home.

The University has spent the past year engaged in an exercise to project and prioritize its projected growth needs. This has called for a prioritization of what types of uses should be in the “Core” area. The conversion of this building into an academic one is important as one of the only available academic sites for the Law School.

This site is the final site in the NYU Law School's master planning and has been slated for conversion to academic uses. It will house Faculty Research Centers which need to be proximate to the other Law School buildings. Those centers include: the Center for Law & Philanthropy, the Center for Labor & Employment Law, the Center for Judicial Administration, the Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy, the Center for International Law & Justice, the Institute for Policy Integrity, the Center for Law & Security, the Center for Asian Studies, and the Center for Human Rights.

Steinhardt will return to the Provincetown Playhouse Theatre once the building project is complete.

Yes, Steinhardt's Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions currently utilizes the space and will be the main tenant in the new Provincetown Playhouse Theatre which runs programming that is open to the public.

The annual Eugene O'Neil Festival will continue to use the theater for two months every summer.

Yes. The new Provincetown Playhouse Theatre will be located in the southern most quarter of the building.

Yes. A visual history of the Provincetown Playhouse and its Players will be documented and displayed in the lobby of the new Playhouse. The University is endeavoring to ensure that any historical aspects of the current theatre are able to be brought forward in the rebuilding.

The University has made presentations to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's Task Force on NYU Development. The University also made presentations to local community groups and to Community Board 2, which voted overwhelmingly to pass a resolution in support of the project.

The University has explored various options and believes this is the best solution for the site, which follows the principles which call for "contextual development that is sensitive to building heights, densities and materials"; and "thoughtful urban and architectural design".

NYU is committed to a public review even though this is an "as-of-right" project. In addition, the building is not being built to the full FAR (available square footage).

Furthermore, this proposal adheres to the principle of community sustainability through the continuation a working theatre for all to enjoy. Finally, with this project the University has prioritized utilizing space within its existing footprint.

NYU is on record in support of the designation of the South Village Historic District. The University believes that the proposed building preserves the cultural aspects of the MacDougal site and the sensitive, low scale design is very much in keeping with the principles of historic districts.

The difference in gained square footage between what is currently on the site and the new building will be counted toward the 6 million square feet.