Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library and Museum

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LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LINCOLN CENTER PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (aka NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS) Date: 1958-1965 Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Primary Style: Modernist Façade (primary material): Travertine...

A Ray of Sunshine in NYC?

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New York City’s local communities may be getting the “breath of fresh air” (and ray of sunshine) they have been fighting for over recent years.  Supertall development at the Upper West Side’s 200 Amsterdam Avenue site and along the Two Bridges neighborhood’s...

“Ill-Considered” Skyscrapers

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‘Practically perfect in every way’, Historic England, a leading public organization in the UK that helps people care for, enjoy, and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment, has announced a system of fail-safe design tools to help...

Clouds de-Parting

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Public art installations seem to be on attack, not just at Lincoln Center, but also, throughout the rest of New York City.  The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has, for a long time, acted as a steward of Isamu Noguchi’s sculpture and other artwork.  However, across the...

Julliard School of Music

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LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS JULLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC (aka ALICE TULLY HALL) Date: 1968 Architect: Pietro Belluschi Primary Style: Modernist Façade (primary material): Travertine Marble Stories: 5 (Julliard School of Music was the first building in Lincoln...

Vivian Beaumont Theater

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LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSVIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATER (aka LINCOLN CENTER THEATER) Date: 1965 Architect: Eero SaarinenPrimary Style: Modernist Façade (primary material): Travertine Marble Stories: 4 (Vivian Beaumont Theater and The New York...