Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
(also the Lincoln Center)
a group of buildings that include theatres and concert halls in New York, west of Central Park and Broadway. They were built at various times between 1959 and 1991. The Center is the home of the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic and the Juilliard School of Music, as well as other organizations.

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Travertine-clad cultural complex on the western side of Manhattan (1962–68), built by a board of architects headed by Wallace K. Harrison (1895–1981).

The buildings, situated around a plaza with a fountain, are the home of the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet, and the Juilliard School. Harrison himself designed the Metropolitan Opera building, and Eero Saarinen designed the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Philip Johnson's New York State Theater incorporates a Classical facade and a four-story lobby. Johnson also rebuilt Avery Fisher Hall (home of the New York Philharmonic), originally designed by Max Abramovitz, to correct acoustic deficiencies and improve the lobby spaces.

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