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Frick Collection Withdraws Controversial Expansion Plan

June 4, 2015 by John Warren Leave a Comment

unnamed(2)A controversial plan to expand the landmark Frick Collection in New York City was withdrawn by its Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Historic preservationists, including New York City’s Historic Districts Council, opposed the plan, in part on the grounds that the new construction would have destroyed a gated pocket park.

“With the proposed renovation, designed by Davis Brody Bond, the Frick, on East 70th Street in Manhattan, had sought to increase its exhibition space, open private upstairs rooms to the public and offer views of Central Park from a new roof garden,” the New York Times reported.

“But the plan faced strong criticism, much of it from a coalition, Unite to Save the Frick, that includes architects and designers like Robert A..M. Stern and Maya Lin, as well as three former commissioners of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission – Roberta Brandes Gratz, Stephen F. Byrns and Beverly Moss Spatt.”

Also joining the opposition was the Municipal Art Society and New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman.

“We are very pleased that the leadership of the Frick Collection has chosen to rethink this move and we look forward to seeing a new proposal,” a statement issued today by the Historic District’s Council said.

Image provided by the Historic Districts Council, courtesy of NYC&G.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: Architecture, Frick Collection, Historic Preservation, Manhattan, New York City, NYC

About John Warren

John Warren is founder and editor of the New York Almanack. He's been a media professional for more than 35 years with a focus on history, journalism and documentary production. He has a master's degree in Public History and is on the staff of the New York State Writers Institute, a center for literary arts based at the University at Albany. John lives in the Adirondack Park. His weekly Adirondack Outdoors Conditions Report airs across Northern New York on the North Country Public Radio network.

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