From: Richard Kahn

From: Richard Kahn To: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: The Frick Collection Expansion: Upcoming Opportunities to Learn More and Weigh In Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 19:20:55 +0000 Richard Kahn HBRK Associates Inc. 575 Lexington Avenue 4th Floor New York, NY 10022 Forwarded message From: Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts <info®friends-ues.org> Date: Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:08 PM Subject: The Frick Collection Expansion: Upcoming Opportunities to Learn More and Weigh In To: Having trouble reading this email? Click here. You're receiving this email because of your relationship with Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts. Please confirm your continued interest in receiving email from us. You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails. = EFTA01060645 Courtesey of Selldorf Architects In April, the Frick Collection announced new designs by Selldorf Architects to upgrade and expand the museum's facilities. The proposed plans include a series of alterations to both the French Louis XVI-style limestone mansion on Fifth Avenue and East 70th Street designed by Carrere and Hastings in 1914, as well as the 1935 museum addition and art reference library by John Russell Pope. In 2014, the Frick proposed an expansion that would have built upon the 1977 viewing garden designed by acclaimed landscape architect Russell Page. FRIENDS and colleagues, including Unite to Save the Frick opposed the plans and the Frick withdrew its proposal in 2015. FRIENDS' Board and Preservation Committee remain hopeful that the new plans are considerate to community input and will be actively commenting during the public review process. After a two year process, the current proposal is intended to provide additional gallery space, create new spaces for public and educational programs, improve accessibility and visitor amenities, expand facilities for collections conservation, and update infrastructure. Selected renderings are available here, and a detailed information packet compiled by The Frick Collection is available here. The Frick's Director Ian Wardropper will be hosting a public information session alongside architect Annabelle Selldorf at the Frick at 1 East 70th Street on June 5th. The presentation: EFTA01060646 Honoring the Past and Enhancing the Future will be held at 6:30 •. Members of the public may RSVP by May 29th to [email protected] or (646) 783-5815. Want to learn more? The Community Board 8 Landmarks Committee Public Meeting will be held this coming Monday, May 14th at 6:30 •. in the Heyman Auditorium of the Ramaz School at 125 East 85th Street. The public is free to ask questions and provide comments at this meeting. This will be followed by a meeting of the Full Board of Community Board 8 on Wednesday, May 16th at 6:30 •. Specific details are available on the CB8 website. The Frick proposal is tentatively scheduled for a Public Hearing at the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday May 29th. Presentation materials will be posted on the LPC website on the Friday before the hearings, and members of the public may provide testimony up to three minutes in length. Can't make the hearings? Comments may be submitted until 4 •. on Monday, May 28th through the LPC's online portal or by mail to: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission David N. Dinkins Municipal Building 1 Centre Street 9th Floor North New York, NY 10007 Want to support FRIENDS' ongoing advocacy? Become a member and Follow us on social media! Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts founded in 1982, is an independent, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving the architectural legacy, livability. and sense of place of the Upper East Side. Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, 966 Lexington Avenue, #3E New York NY 10021 SafeUnsubscriberm Forward to a FRIEND I Update Profile I About our service provider Sent by info(afriends-ues.org in collaboration with EFTA01060647 Constant Contact Try it free today EFTA01060648