The March of the Purple Reich

Just as Hitler marched into Poland back in 1939 without so much as a "pardon me," it seems that the nefarious purple flag of NYU is now poised to drape menacingly over the rest of Greenwich Village (y'know … the parts they don't already own). And it's not just my neck of the woods (the Washington Square neighborhood, i.e. the very crotch of the University). They're coming for you too, Brooklyn. Check out this piece from yesterday's Times for the frankly disquieting details of the University's plan to expand its physical plant by 40 freakin' percent.