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The glass facade of Cooper Union’s $111 million academic building offers a remarkable view — of a back alley packed with vagrants.“I have seen drug deals, public urination, defecation, masturbation in broad daylight in the Taras Shevchenko alley,” a Cooper Union faculty member told The Post.“It’s a place where many homeless congregate to sleep — right in front of a church and between a high school and a college,” the faculty member added.Modal TriggerPhoto: Natan DvirStudents, visitors to the East Village building’s multiple art galleries and even small kids who attend Preschool of the Arts housed at Cooper Union are greeted daily by a motley crew of drifters who bunk down on the pavement along Taras Shevchenko Place from about sunset through the morning rush hour.The geometric, asymmetrical architecture
And here I thought such things were only happening inside the classroom...