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Frick Collection to expand with six-story wing

Total museum space would grow by one-third for exhibitions

1 East 70th Street
1 East 70th Street

Officials at the Frick Collection plan to construct a new six-story wing that will hold 60,000 square feet of new exhibition space.

The total space at 1 East 70th Street would grow by roughly one-third, as long as the Landmarks Preservation Commission signs off on it. The New Wing Would Connect The Museum With The Art Reference Library On East 71st Street. A private, gated garden will be torn down in the process, and a new rooftop garden will be created.

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The officials intend to ask for government funding and begin construction in 2017. The new space will provide the museum with 50 percent more room for short-term exhibitions and 24 percent more for a permanent art collection, the New York Times reported. [NYT] — Mark Maurer

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