SculptureCenter
44-19 Purves Street | also 44-31 Purves Street | Long Island City | built 1931
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- 2001
SculptureCenter trades its Manhattan carriage house for a Queens exhibition hall
Founded by sculptor Dorothea Denslow in 1928 as the Clay Club in Brooklyn, the organization had run a school and studios from an Upper East Side carriage house since 1948. In 2001 its board closed both, sold the carriage house for $4.75 million and remade the group in Long Island City as a European-style kunsthalle. Architects Maya Lin and David Hotson converted a derelict brick building into a 6,000-square-foot gallery with 40-foot ceilings.
“…commissioned architects Maya Lin and David Hotson to transform a derelict brick building into an exhibition space of 6,000-square-foot…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2014
Andrew Berman expands SculptureCenter in a $4.5 million renovation
The 14-month project added a 2,000-square-foot wing, raised the exhibition space to 6,700 square feet and created a 1,500-square-foot enclosed courtyard for outdoor shows and events. It was meant to improve the experience for visitors as well as add room for art.
Source: Wikipedia
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