Essex Crossing Warhol Museum moves forward

Lower East Side locale to be completed by 2017, span 10,000 square feet

From left: Andy Warhol and a rendering of the planned museum at Essex Crossing
From left: Andy Warhol and a rendering of the planned museum at Essex Crossing

Plans for a Lower East Side outpost of the Pittsburgh-based Warhol Museum at the new Essex Crossing are on the move.

The 10,000-square-foot locale is to be housed on parcel number one of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The site is currently home to the Broome Street municipal parking lot.

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The project is slated for completion in 2017, and will pay down any operating deficits in its first five years, according to Bowery Boogie. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] and [Bowery Boogie]Julie Strickland