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'''West Side Market''' was a supermarket located on the ground floor of the terracotta building then located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to [[Columbia Hot Bagels]]. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2003/10/28/News/Columbia.Hot.Bagels.May.Not.Return-2041095.shtml Spec article: CoBag may not return]</ref>
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'''West Side Market''' is a supermarket at 110th and Broadway. After being closed for three years due to the construction of a new building on its site, it reopened on June 1, [[2007]].
  
Legal wrangling over zoning law caused several months of construction delays, ending in the destruction of what was then the oldest existing commercial structure in [[Morningside Heights]]. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2004/10/08/News/110th.Building.Enters.Final.Phase-2033435.shtml  Spec article: Building enters final phase]</ref> West Side Market will return to the new building, while CoBag has opted not to. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/28/News/West-Side.Market.To.Return-2509921.shtml Spec article: West Side Market to return]</ref>
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==History==
  
West Side Market has now been closed for almost 3 years. When it finally reopens for 3 months, it will be a completely different place, physically and in the collective student consciousness.  
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The market originally located on the ground floor of the terracotta building then located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to [[Columbia Hot Bagels]]. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2003/10/28/News/Columbia.Hot.Bagels.May.Not.Return-2041095.shtml Spec article: CoBag may not return]</ref>
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Legal wrangling over zoning law caused several months of construction delays, ending in the destruction of what was then the oldest existing commercial structure in [[Morningside Heights]]. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2004/10/08/News/110th.Building.Enters.Final.Phase-2033435.shtml  Spec article: Building enters final phase]</ref> West Side Market opted to return to the new building, while CoBag chose not to. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/28/News/West-Side.Market.To.Return-2509921.shtml Spec article: West Side Market to return]</ref>
  
 
== References ==
 
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==External links==
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[http://www.bwog.net/articles/westside_story Westside Story] on [[the Bwog]]
  
 
[[Category:Supermarkets in Morningside Heights]]
 
[[Category:Supermarkets in Morningside Heights]]

Revision as of 17:07, 7 June 2007

West Side Market is a supermarket at 110th and Broadway. After being closed for three years due to the construction of a new building on its site, it reopened on June 1, 2007.

History

The market originally located on the ground floor of the terracotta building then located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to Columbia Hot Bagels. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. [1]

Legal wrangling over zoning law caused several months of construction delays, ending in the destruction of what was then the oldest existing commercial structure in Morningside Heights. [2] West Side Market opted to return to the new building, while CoBag chose not to. [3]

References

External links

Westside Story on the Bwog