Bonus: Street Art Influences at Lincoln Center

In 2014, JR wheat pasted not only the front of the David H. Koch Theatre, but installed a huge vinyl photograph of ballet dancers he photographed on the floor of the atrium. Meanwhile, inside the Juilliard School a wall that looks like a printout of a curtain is actually filled with quotes from Shakespeare if you look closely:

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The message of the new Lincoln Center: Welcome!

Welcome to Damrosch Park and the Metropolitan Opera.Welcome to Damrosch Park and the Metropolitan Opera

Pick up the book They Told Me not to Take that Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics, and the Transformation of Lincoln Center to learn more about the history of Lincoln Center’s redevelopment. Next, read about the Top 10 Secrets of the Guggenheim Museum.

Julia Vitullo-Martin is a senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association. Get in touch with her via @JuliaManhattan.