New Jack City
September 28th, 2004, 03:31 AM
$20 a fare to get in now?! What a rip off.
NY1
MoMA Packing Up For Return To Manhattan
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SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2004
Monday is the last day to visit MoMA Queens before the art museum packs up and moves back to Manhattan.
The museum will reopen in its Midtown home on November 20, concluding a two-year, $800 million facelift.
Admission to the renovated building will take a huge jump, to $20.
The industrial building that served as the museum's temporary home in Long Island City, Queens, will be used for storage space, although museum officials have not ruled out using it for future exhibitions.
NY1’s Jenifer Slaw has more in the following report.
The Museum of Modern Art has been at its Long Island City, Queens, location for only about two years, and people here knew it would eventually be leaving. But, in that time, they still began to view it as a landmark for the neighborhood.
“It's like a beacon. It's like a special blue box that stands there and you walk into it and something magic happens,” said one observer. “And look around; the rest of the street is a parking lot.”
Monday was the last day to see exhibitions at MoMA's temporary home on 33rd Street and Queens Boulevard. The museum will re-open on November 20th at its Manhattan address after the most extensive rebuilding project in its history.
But one New Yorker says MoMA should stay in Queens: “It's more multi-cultural, and a little more accessible to those who usually wouldn't go to the city.”
While the presence of MoMA in Queens did help out the businesses here, many do say they existed before the museum came to town, and they'll still be here when it leaves.
Marcos Pesantez is a manager of the New Thompson's Diner, located right next door to the museum. He says while MoMA helped business for awhile, he'll be able to stay afloat just fine without it.
“I have my regular crowd, so I'm not that worried about it,” he said. “Unfortunately, it's leaving. There's nothing we can do.”
But Pesantez doesn't deny he was thrilled when MoMA opened on the same block.
“I was so happy because the line was all the way around here. It was nice,” he said. “MoMA helped out a lot, not only for me but for everybody else.”
A lot of street vendors lining the block of 33rd Street raked in the cash from museum-goers passing by. One vendor says she'll just move locations once MoMA leaves town.
“If closed, no-one will come here,” said the woman. “I don't worry because it is New York and I will find a new place.”
While many businesses say they'll survive MoMA’s departure, there are still residents that argue their neighborhood will never be the same. But, like art, it depends on your point of view.
- Jenifer Slaw
NY1
MoMA Packing Up For Return To Manhattan
http://www.ny1.com/Content/images/live/69/136456.JPG
SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2004
Monday is the last day to visit MoMA Queens before the art museum packs up and moves back to Manhattan.
The museum will reopen in its Midtown home on November 20, concluding a two-year, $800 million facelift.
Admission to the renovated building will take a huge jump, to $20.
The industrial building that served as the museum's temporary home in Long Island City, Queens, will be used for storage space, although museum officials have not ruled out using it for future exhibitions.
NY1’s Jenifer Slaw has more in the following report.
The Museum of Modern Art has been at its Long Island City, Queens, location for only about two years, and people here knew it would eventually be leaving. But, in that time, they still began to view it as a landmark for the neighborhood.
“It's like a beacon. It's like a special blue box that stands there and you walk into it and something magic happens,” said one observer. “And look around; the rest of the street is a parking lot.”
Monday was the last day to see exhibitions at MoMA's temporary home on 33rd Street and Queens Boulevard. The museum will re-open on November 20th at its Manhattan address after the most extensive rebuilding project in its history.
But one New Yorker says MoMA should stay in Queens: “It's more multi-cultural, and a little more accessible to those who usually wouldn't go to the city.”
While the presence of MoMA in Queens did help out the businesses here, many do say they existed before the museum came to town, and they'll still be here when it leaves.
Marcos Pesantez is a manager of the New Thompson's Diner, located right next door to the museum. He says while MoMA helped business for awhile, he'll be able to stay afloat just fine without it.
“I have my regular crowd, so I'm not that worried about it,” he said. “Unfortunately, it's leaving. There's nothing we can do.”
But Pesantez doesn't deny he was thrilled when MoMA opened on the same block.
“I was so happy because the line was all the way around here. It was nice,” he said. “MoMA helped out a lot, not only for me but for everybody else.”
A lot of street vendors lining the block of 33rd Street raked in the cash from museum-goers passing by. One vendor says she'll just move locations once MoMA leaves town.
“If closed, no-one will come here,” said the woman. “I don't worry because it is New York and I will find a new place.”
While many businesses say they'll survive MoMA’s departure, there are still residents that argue their neighborhood will never be the same. But, like art, it depends on your point of view.
- Jenifer Slaw