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The '''Westminster Choir College''' (WCC) is a school of music located (as of 2024) on Rider's main Lawrence, NJ campus as part of its College of Arts and Sciences. Westminster Choir College has been owned by [[Rider University]] since 1992 and resided on a large campus right in town in [[Princeton, New Jersey]] | {{Image|Williamson Hall.jpg|right|300px|Williamson Hall at the heart of the former Princeton, NJ campus, now relegated to being used mostly as remote parking for the downtown area.}} | ||
The '''Westminster Choir College''' (WCC) is a school of music located (as of 2024) on Rider's main Lawrence, NJ campus as part of its College of Arts and Sciences. Westminster Choir College has been owned by [[Rider University]] since 1992 and resided for 88 years (1932-2020) on a large campus (standing mostly unused as of 2024) right in town in [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. Before relocating to Princeton, the school resided in [[Dayton, Ohio]], and then briefly in [[Ithaca, New York]].<ref>[http://www.rider.edu/wcc/about-us/historic-westminster Historic Westminster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910044343/http://www.rider.edu/wcc/about-us/historic-westminster |date=September 10, 2014 }}, [[Westminster Choir College]]. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Relocated in Princeton, N.J., in 1932, it added a master's program in 1934 and became known as Westminster Choir College in 1939."</ref> | |||
In 2012, Rider pushed through a controversial parking lot expansion on the Princeton campus that required cutting old-growth trees and was strenuously opposed by neighbors.<ref>[https://planetprinceton.com/2012/05/30/westminster-choir-college-begins-work-on-controversial-parking-lot/ Rider University Begins Work on New Westminster Parking Log] by Krystal Knapp, Planet Princeton, May 30, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://princetonprimer.blogspot.com/2012/05/westminster-gets-its-new-parking-lot.html Westminster Gets Its New Parking Lot] by Stephen Hiltner on his PrincetonPrimer blog, May 20, 2012.</ref> | In 2012, Rider pushed through a controversial parking lot expansion on the Princeton campus that required cutting old-growth trees and was strenuously opposed by neighbors.<ref>[https://planetprinceton.com/2012/05/30/westminster-choir-college-begins-work-on-controversial-parking-lot/ Rider University Begins Work on New Westminster Parking Log] by Krystal Knapp, Planet Princeton, May 30, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://princetonprimer.blogspot.com/2012/05/westminster-gets-its-new-parking-lot.html Westminster Gets Its New Parking Lot] by Stephen Hiltner on his PrincetonPrimer blog, May 20, 2012.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:20, 15 July 2024
The Westminster Choir College (WCC) is a school of music located (as of 2024) on Rider's main Lawrence, NJ campus as part of its College of Arts and Sciences. Westminster Choir College has been owned by Rider University since 1992 and resided for 88 years (1932-2020) on a large campus (standing mostly unused as of 2024) right in town in Princeton, New Jersey. Before relocating to Princeton, the school resided in Dayton, Ohio, and then briefly in Ithaca, New York.[1]
In 2012, Rider pushed through a controversial parking lot expansion on the Princeton campus that required cutting old-growth trees and was strenuously opposed by neighbors.[2][3]
In 2019, Rider (which is located in Lawrence Township) attempted to sell the Princeton choir college campus to a Chinese company, resulting in a public outcry and the prevention of that sale.
In 2020, Rider moved all activities of Westminster Choir College from Princeton to its Lawrenceville campus. Westminster Choir College's Princeton campus is now largely unused while legal wrangling continues about the future of its Princeton campus and academic program.[4] As of 2023, Princeton is paying Rider $1000 per month to lease overflow parking at the Choir College; the town then sells the parking rights for $30 per month to businesses, residents and non-residents. The Choir College parking is a few blocks' walk from downtown.[5][6]
Footnotes
- ↑ Historic Westminster Template:Webarchive, Westminster Choir College. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Relocated in Princeton, N.J., in 1932, it added a master's program in 1934 and became known as Westminster Choir College in 1939."
- ↑ Rider University Begins Work on New Westminster Parking Log by Krystal Knapp, Planet Princeton, May 30, 2012.
- ↑ Westminster Gets Its New Parking Lot by Stephen Hiltner on his PrincetonPrimer blog, May 20, 2012.
- ↑ Knapp, Krystal. "NJ Appellate Court Reverses Superior Court Decision, Says Suit Blocking Rider from Closing Westminster Choir College Can Move Forward" Template:Webarchive, Planet Princeton, July 6, 2023. Accessed July 17, 2023.
- ↑ Princeton Council approves ordinance for parking in Westminster Choir College lot Template:Webarchive by Lea Kahn, February 1, 2022 on centraljersey.com.
- ↑ Princeton Extends Agreement With Rider U. For Public Parking Template:Webarchive by Sarah Salvadore, on the Princeton, NJ "Patch", Wed. Sep. 6, 2023