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...demonstrators now appear to have won clear victory on the primary objective of their demonstration--ending the gym construction...
...gym was first seen as a magnanimous gesture when it was proposed in the late 1950's. Two gyms were planned--a $10 million one for the university and a $1.6 million one for residents of the neighboring Morningside Heights and West Harlem community...
Columbia agreed to pay for the construction of the community gym and cover the maintenance cost of $75,000 a year. The gym would include a regulation-size basketball court, lockers, showers, weight rooms, and a 75-foot-by-20-foot swimming pool...
Community opposition to the gym has developed only recently. Many Harlem leaders argued that they were not consulted on the plans. They also complained that the gyms are a "Jim Crow" set-up, with separate entrances for the predominantly black people of the community and the predominantly white students...
...community leaders and protesting students, the gym has become the symbol of what they see as a land-gobbling university. Columbia has acquired over 100 buildings in recent years in the area of the campus. The University has evicted tenants and torn down buildings to make way for Columbia classrooms and dormitories...