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Medgar Evers College finally moves forward with $15M plan to transform Crown Heights St. into green campus



The project calls for narrowing the road by Crown St. between Bedford and Franklin Aves. to create a "campus quad."

This is where the sidewalk parking ends – and the green begins.

Medgar Evers College is moving forward with a $15 million plan to convert part of a Crown Heights street between its two school buildings into a green campus.

The project, first proposed more than 20 years ago, calls for narrowing the road by Crown St. between Bedford and Franklin Aves. to create a “campus quad.”

It will have a central lawn area where students and locals can lie on the grass and attend classes, lectures and concerts, officials said.

“We need more of a cohesive, student-friendly campus,” said Jerry Posman, the CUNY school’s vice president.

The tweaked plan is a drastically pared-back version of a 1990s proposal that never took off due to lack of funds and strong opposition from residents who argued it would create traffic and parking problems.

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BY REUVEN BLAU
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...sfp=3131269886