Transforming Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center is the world’s leading performing arts center, uniting on one campus 12 of the finest performing arts and educational organizations located anywhere. After more than four decades of artistic excellence and service to its community, the nation, and to the world, Lincoln Center is embarking upon a major transformation initiative to fully modernize its concert halls and public spaces, renew its 16-acre urban campus, and reinforce its vitality for decades to come.
Much of Lincoln Center’s infrastructure and many of its notable performance and educational facilities require renovation, and in some cases, considerable expansion. Changes in the needs and interests of the public also inspire a thorough reconsideration of the campus’ original design in the context of current and future programming priorities. These factors became the framework for a campus-wide planning initiative, with the West 65th Street and Promenade Projects—scheduled to be substantially completed for Lincoln Center’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2009-2010.
A related project will be the transformation of the Harmony Atrium, a privately-owned public space between Broadway and Columbus Avenues and West 62nd and 63rd Streets, into a vibrant public community and cultural visitor center offering performances, information, and ticket services.