The debate over the planned expansion of the Frick Collection
New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman criticized the Frick Collection’s plans for expansion in a column titled “The Case Against a Mammoth Frick Collection Addition” yesterday, drawing similarities to… Read more »
Building that holds famed Rizzoli Bookstore may be demolished
As first noted by New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman, the building that houses the famed Rizzoli Bookstore on 57th Street in Manhattan is in danger of being demolished.… Read more »
Major preservation group calls NYPL plan “a real estate deal,” demands library reconsider
A major new opponent of the New York Public Library’s “Central Library Plan” is on the scene: the Historic Districts Council, a prominent advocacy group that works on behalf of… Read more »
New York Times critic on NYPL renovation plans: “I’m not buying it”
But what’s an angry critic — or a concerned citizen — to do?… Read more »