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Lincoln Center & The New West Side Story

A new West Side Story is being written in Manhattan this year. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest cultural complex in the world, is…

By Barbara L. Nelson | Updated on April 25, 2006

A new West Side Story is being written in Manhattan this year. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest cultural complex in the world, is undergoing its first architectural transformation since its 1959 groundbreaking.

Already underway, Lincoln Center’s 65th Street redesign project will establish a new translucent pedestrian gateway to the 16-acre cultural complex, which is home to 12 performing-arts organizations that welcome, educate, employ and entertain millions of people every year.

Originally built in the High Modern style so popular in the mid-20th century, the complex drew several world-famous architects of the time who designed several of the center’s travertine marble buildings. The designers included Max Abramovitz of Harrison & Abramovitz; Philip Johnson of Philip Johnson Associates; Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; and Pietro Belluschi, with associate architects Helge Westermann and Eduardo Catalano.

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