Upper Estate
Revision as of 02:54, 3 March 2008 by Absentminded (talk | contribs) (New page: The '''Upper Estate''' was a bit of land given to Columbia by the State of New York in lieu of cash support (which it had given to other New York Colleges), better known today as '''Rockef...)
The Upper Estate was a bit of land given to Columbia by the State of New York in lieu of cash support (which it had given to other New York Colleges), better known today as Rockefeller Center. Generally considered a lousy bit of property that cost more to maintain than it generated in rent, it went on to become the cornerstone of Columbia's endowment when the city's central business district relocated to midtown.
