Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site

Tom Jaske

By Tom Jaske

Posted on 8 September, 2011

The Performing Arts Center(this is an external link and will open in a new window) is part of the Master Plan for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and is expected to serve as a cultural anchor for Lower Manhattan(this is an external link and will open in a new window).

"Our collective desire to put $100 million towards the development of the Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site makes clear that the cultural venue is a critical part of the ongoing revitalization of Lower Manhattan," said Mayor Bloomberg(this is an external link and will open in a new window).

The new World Trade Center will provide downtown New York with a significant economic boost. As well as the Performing Arts Center, the World Trade Center plan includes five office towers(this is an external link and will open in a new window); National September 11 Memorial & Museum(this is an external link and will open in a new window); the World Trade Center Transportation Hub(this is an external link and will open in a new window), and a retail complex(this is an external link and will open in a new window).

In 2004, the internationally renowned Joyce Theater(this is an external link and will open in a new window) was selected to be a prime tenant in the Performing Arts Center. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation(this is an external link and will open in a new window) has worked closely with the Joyce Theater, the City of New York(this is an external link and will open in a new window), the Port Authority(this is an external link and will open in a new window) and other stakeholders. The aim is to develop a design for a center capable of hosting a broad range of performing arts.

The conceptual design for the Performing Arts Center includes:

  • a 1000-seat theater
  • a secondary theater
  • rehearsal spaces
  • classrooms
  • a public café
  • outdoor plazas
  • administrative space.

Faithful+Gould was selected to provide program management, cost estimating and pre-construction services for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) and subsequently the New York City Economic Development Corporation(this is an external link and will open in a new window) (NYCEDC) for the Performing Arts Center. This is in addition to the similar role we performed at the adjacent World Trade Center Memorial and Museum.

We have broad and varied experience in the arts and heritage sector. Our North America portfolio includes the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York(this is an external link and will open in a new window); Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York(this is an external link and will open in a new window); the Getty Center, Los Angeles(this is an external link and will open in a new window); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston(this is an external link and will open in a new window); Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, Little Rock, AK(this is an external link and will open in a new window); US Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC(this is an external link and will open in a new window); National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC(this is an external link and will open in a new window); National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC(this is an external link and will open in a new window); American Museum of Natural History, New York(this is an external link and will open in a new window), and Austrian Cultural Forum, New York(this is an external link and will open in a new window).

Our global experience also includes the British Museum(this is an external link and will open in a new window) and the Imperial War Museum(this is an external link and will open in a new window), U.K.; Museum of Tolerance, Jerusalem(this is an external link and will open in a new window); the Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi(this is an external link and will open in a new window); the Sheikh Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi(this is an external link and will open in a new window), and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Athens(this is an external link and will open in a new window).

 

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