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    Metropolitan Museum’s plaza renovation approved

    Advisory Report  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan
    Metropolitan Museum of Art’s plaza renovations. Image: Courtesy of OLIN

    Opponents were concerned about how changes to plaza would impact views of the museum. On February 21, 2012, Landmarks issued a favorable advisory report on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s proposal to redesign its plaza along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The museum is an individual City landmark, while the plaza is considered part of Central Park, which is a scenic landmark. The proposal calls for new lighting and the replacement of fountains, paving, and trees.  (read more…)

    Tags : Metropolitan Museum of Art, OLIN
    Date:03/15/2012
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Court dismisses late challenge to Museum’s renovation plans

    Parks/Landmarks  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan

    Opponents filed claim 31 months too late. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which leases the land in Central Park from Parks under an 1871 directive of the state legislature, proposed to renovate the museum in 2000 and presented a detailed plan to Parks and Landmarks. The plan called for a new loading dock, the addition of public cafeterias and new auditoriums. Parks Commissioner Henry Stern signed off on the plan in December 2002, noting that the proposal would not expand the museum beyond its existing footprint, and Landmarks approved in early 2001. Due to September 11th, the Museum scaled back its plans, reducing the proposed addition from 200,000 to 40,000 sq.ft. and abandoning the loading dock plan.

    After the Museum started work, the Metropolitan Museum Historic District Coalition, a group of Upper East Side residents concerned about the renovation’s potential traffic, pollution and safety problems, sent a letter to the Museum and the City, complaining that the Museum’s renovation work violated a long-standing commitment against expansion onto additional Parks land. The Museum responded by letter in July of 2003. (read more…)

    Tags : 2005 NY Slip Op 04344, In re Metropolitan Museum Historic District Coalition v.De Montebello, Metropolitan Museum Historic District Coalition, Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Date:06/15/2005
    Category : Court Decisions
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