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Preservation Battles: Garden Becomes Focal Point of Fight Over Frick Expansion

2014-11-11 13:14:32| Real Estate - Topix.net

The plans to expand the Upper East Side's famous Frick Collection have proven to be predictably unpopular since they were announced in June , with preservationist stalwarts like the Historic Districts Council, Landmark West, and the newly formed Unite to Save the Frick leading the charge, and archicritics like Justin Davidson and Michael Kimmelman piling on. And while there have been issues raised with the design of the addition and how it would integrate with the existing mansion, a hefty portion of the criticism so far has focused on the aspect of the plan that would remove a garden desinged by landscape architect Russell Page in the '70s.

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