Inwood-City Council Approves Columbia's Baker Field Plan
INWOOD — Columbia University’s plan to create a new development on its Baker Field property in Inwood cleared a hurdle Tuesday when it was approved by a City Council committee.
The plan now heads to the full Council for a vote expected Wednesday.
City Councilman Robert Jackson, who represents the neighborhood and has neld community meetings on the plan, voted in favor of the measure.
Columbia plans to build a new $100 million, 47,700-square-foot field house at 218th Street and Broadway that includes a $3 million investment in the sports fields, which officials said would be more readily accessible for community use.
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