Monday, August 19, 2013

Park Avenue Armory

Here is another really historic place..

Oh yes, that abstract sculpture... it is called "Envious Composure" and is by Albert Paley

Oh yes, there is no connection between the Park Avenue traffic island sculpture and the Armory...that I know of, anyway..( Because of the new connection between the Armory and the Arts)

Meanwhile...

Park Avenue Armory

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The Park Avenue Armory Conservancy generally known as Park Avenue Armory is a not-for-profit cultural institution within the historic Seventh Regiment Armory building located at 643 Park Avenue on New York City's Upper East Side. Since taking over the building in December 2006, Park Avenue Armory’s mission has been to revitalize the landmark building as a center for unconventional works in the performing and visual arts, while simultaneously maintaining and restoring the historic aspects of the building.

Park Avenue Armory leased the building for 99 years from New York State in 2006 ^[1]

Arts programs

The Armory's first three years of artistic programming presented work in partnership with other cultural institutions such as Lincoln Center and the Whitney Museum of American Art before launching its first solo exhibitions with Ernesto Neto's anthropodino in 2009 and Christian Boltanski’s No Man's Land in 2010. The Armory then engaged consulting artistic director Kristy Edmunds to develop its first two full artistic seasons for 2011 and 2012. The 2013 season will be curated by Alex Poots.^[2]

Renovation of the Seventh Regiment Armory

The conservancy is currently in the midst of a 200 million dollar renovation of the building. ^[3] Park Avenue Armory hired the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron to design the restoration and renovation of the building with executive architects Platt Byard Dovell White.^[4] Two historic rooms were restored in 2011 with sixteen more and the historic halls remaining.