If Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s cuts to the city’s cultural institutions go through as planned, high-profile galleries could be shuttered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A chunk of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx could be closed to the public. Ticket prices for the City Center’s “Encore!” Broadway revival series could soar. Perhaps Read More
When the Metropolitan Museum of Art rolled out its $200 million expansion plan last January, reaction from the museum’s Fifth Avenue neighbors was unequivocal. Fed up with a seemingly endless stream of construction projects sullying their Central Park views, they hired a team of high-priced attorneys to fight the plan.
Despite heavy pressure from Read More
When Beverly Gunther moved into 1001 Fifth Avenue seven
years ago, she never imagined that she would one day find herself feuding with
her neighbor across the street, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On the
contrary-the Met was one of the neighborhood’s prime attractions. During the
days, Ms. Gunther, an art lover, roamed the galleries. Read More
