Transforming Lincoln Center

This area of the website is your resource for the latest information as well as background materials on construction activities including the transformation of West 65th Street, Lincoln Center Promenade, and the David Rubenstein Atrium. Up-to-the-minute pre-recorded information is also available by phone at (212) LINCOLN. Or, to speak to Customer Service staff, call 212.875.5456, Monday through Friday from 9:00am–5:00pm.

Construction News Summer 2010

LATEST CONSTRUCTION UPDATES

• Lincoln is the name of the new Italian fine-dining restaurant scheduled to open at Lincoln Center in September with Executive Chef Jonathan Benno, formerly chef de cuisine at Per Se.
• Lincoln Center’s InfoPeel, part of the Center’s 21st century information landscape, has officially opened on Broadway under the Credit Suisse Information Grandstand by Alice Tully Hall. Passersby can now view five high-definition LCD screens that offer a dazzling and constantly updated display of daily, featured, and upcoming events from all 12 Resident Organizations. The screens are active 24 hours a day, and have a total measurement of approximately 3½ feet high by 10 feet wide.
• Pedestrian access has been restored between 65th Street and the concourse system. Work will continue in this area throughout the summer and there may be intermittent, temporary access disruptions timed to limit impact on pedestrians.
• The Roslyn and Elliot Jaffe Family Drive is open to the public. Taking vehicles south from Broadway to a covered area beneath the expanded Grand Stair, the Drive provides a weather-protected pick-up/drop-off area for visitors at concourse level. Cars exit at Columbus Avenue at 62nd St.
• From the Jaffe Drive drop-off area, the Bruce and Robbi Toll Porte-cochère entrance gives access to the concourse level, as well as to stairs, escalators, and an elevator leading up to Josie Robertson Plaza.
• The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Lawn, a 7,203 square foot green gathering space facing the Paul Milstein Pool and Terrace and the Henry Moore sculpture, is open on Hearst Plaza. The Lawn forms the roof of a pavilion that will house a new destination restaurant scheduled to open in September, as well as the Elinor Bunin-Monroe Film Center and Lincoln Center offices.
• Concourse level connection to the Lincoln Center campus from the downtown #1 subway has been re-activated. Access to the downtown #1 subway train is restored via the exterior stairs at Columbus Avenue and 64th St.

ALICE TULLY HALL AND THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

New Activity:

• The Juilliard Store is now open in its new location at 144 W. 66th St., open Monday – Saturday from 10 AM – 6 PM. Look for the Juilliard Store’s grand opening in September.

PARKING GARAGE AND CONCOURSE

Ongoing/Completed Activity

• A new stair has opened providing direct connection between the lower concourse and the vestibule across from the central concourse by the Met Opera. The stair can be accessed from the garage Red Section and the sidewalk adjacent to the lower concourse Garage Manager’s Office.
• Vehicles can now enter the concourse system at 64th St. and Amsterdam, and exit with a southbound turn that comes out on 62nd St between Amsterdam and Columbus. This route enables patron drop-off at the lower level lobbies of Avery Fisher Hall and the Met.
• The concourse entrance to the Metropolitan Opera has re-opened.
• Restrooms have re-opened on the concourse level by the entrance to the Metropolitan Opera.
• Pedestrian access to the concourse is available from 64th St. and Amsterdam, as well as from the lobby stairs of the Metropolitan opera, Avery Fisher hall, and Lincoln Center Theater, and on W. 62nd St. between Columbus and Amsterdam Aves.
• The Lincoln Center Theater stage door/administrative offices entrance remains located just past the glass walls of the Theater lobby on the concourse level.
• Pedestrian access between the concourse level and the lower garage level remains via the escalator and stair adjacent to the Met Opera entrance on the concourse.

PROMENADE AND JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA CONSTRUCTION

Completed Activity:

• Direct pedestrian access between the corner of 62nd St. and Columbus Ave. and the Plaza has been restored, providing an additional wheelchair compatible approach.
• A pair of glass-covered ramps now lead to the arcades of Avery Fisher Hall and the David H. Koch Theater, providing wheelchair access from Columbus Avenue to the Plaza and weather protection
• The Charles B. Benenson Grove, a new micro-park at 62nd St. and Columbus across from the David Rubenstein Atrium, is open to the public. The 3,500 square-foot space offers stone benches for seating and four different types of trees have been planted
• The modernized Revson Fountain is open with new water show displays.

DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM AT LINCOLN CENTER

Ongoing/Completed Activity:

• The Donald and Barbara Zucker Box Office, offering day-of discount tickets to available Lincoln Center performances, is open Tues – Sun at noon in the Atrium
• Target Free Thursdays, a FREE performance series, take place every Thursday night at 8:30 PM. Free Meet the Artist performances are offered the first Saturday of each month. Atrium amenities include a ‘wichcraft café, a staffed Information Desk, full-price ticket kiosks, a departure point for expanded Lincoln Center tours, vertical gardens and seating, restrooms, and free WiFi.
• The first Saturday of every month offers a FREE one-hour, family-friendly Meet the Artist (MTA) show at 11 a.m. Audience members get to meet and ask questions of a professional performer, from classically trained musicians to comedians and pop artists.

OTHER LINCOLN CENTER ACTIVITY

Ongoing/Completed Activity:

• Work on the narrowing of W. 65th St. is complete. Some construction activity will continue from the curbside lanes on an as-needed basis.
• The M104, M5 and M5 limited bus stops have been restored in front of Alice Tully Hall.
• The M11 bus stop on Columbus Ave has moved one block south to W. 62nd St.
• The stairs leading to the plaza from the corner of Amsterdam and 65th St. are temporarily closed.
• For ADA access to JRP, enter from the new glass-covered ramps on Columbus Av.; at W. 62nd St. between Columbus and Amsterdam; or from the new sidewalk entrance at 64th St. and Amsterdam. For concourse level access, enter at W. 62nd St. or from W. 65th St. between Columbus and Amsterdam.
• Accessibility information is available online at LincolnCenter.org/accessibility or by calling 212.875.5375 for the department of Programs and Services for People with Disabilities (PSPD).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

An important element in Lincoln Center’s redevelopment is the greening of the campus, including the net addition, upon completion, of approximately 55 trees throughout Lincoln Center’s 16 acres. Concurrent with this effort, Lincoln Center has been directed by the Parks Department of the need to remove unsafe dead and dying trees in Damrosch Park. Subsequently, the planters in which they are housed will be repaired and restored. A limited number of trees on the north side of Damrosch also will be removed, replaced or relocated. During the coming weeks, there will be tests conducted in Damrosch to determine how best to repair and restore any structural damage caused by leaks over the years. Given all of these factors and the many public uses of Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center and the Parks Department intend to consult widely with community groups about the future physical condition of Damrosch Park.