Friday, March 18, 2022

Goodbye, Pizza, Taxes; Hello, Classrooms

Goodbye, Pizza, Taxes; Hello, Classrooms: Yale plans to transform the former home of Wall Street Pizza — and before that, Naples Pizza — into classrooms and gathering spaces. …

You have to read it to believe it.  

"Yale plans to transform the former home of Wall Street Pizza — and before that, Naples Pizza — into classrooms and gathering spaces.

The university shared that update at Tuesday evening’s Downtown-Wooster Square Community Management Team, soon after striking an agreement with the city that, if approved, would prolong the university’s property tax responsibilities for converted academic spaces.

The planned renovations to 82 – 90 Wall St. entail demolishing the pizza kitchen and dining space to build three classrooms, two of which could be merged into one larger space. The university also plans to create an indoor lounge area and an outdoor back patio in the former pizza restaurant, which has been vacant since 2019.

Yale plans no real major changes on the upper levels” of the building, said Yale facilities planner James Fullton, other than replacing windows and performing some maintenance work on the facade."


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