| THE WALKTHROUGH 02.26.09 10:40 AM |
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| Upgraded Alice Tully Hall Has New Look, More Room |
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| Less than two years after it closed for extensive renovations, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall reopened to the public on Sunday. (The performing arts organization officially marked the occasion with a gala on Monday night.) Sporting a dramatic three-story glass facade and cantilevered canopy from Diller, Scofidio & Renfro, the Upper West Side site now offers a redesigned auditorium, expanded lobby areas, a glass-enclosed lounge on the mezzanine, and a café and bar open to the public. |
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 | Previously, Alice Tully Hall encompassed 54,876 square feet. The expanded facility has almost 80,000 square feet of space and a new facade.
Photo: David Lamb |
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 | Reimagined by Diller, Scofidio & Renfro, the new Alice Tully Hall has a striking exterior composed of glass.
Photo: Emily Gilbert for BizBash |
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 | The interior lobbies of the performance hall have also been renovated and now include a 6,161-square-foot outer lobby and an inner lobby—named for financial firm Morgan Stanley—at approximately 9.500 square feet.
Photo: Iwan Baan |
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 | Although not much could be changed to the structure of the auditorium, the design and architecture team added a curving wooden surface to the walls, automated stage extensions, screen, and entry points, and upgraded the lighting and sound systems.
Photo: Iwan Baan |
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 | The 4,200-square-foot Hauser Patron Salon is a mezzanine-level lounge with its own terrace, bar, and restrooms.
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 | Enclosed in glass, a section of the Hauser Patron Salon overlooks the expansive new lobby.
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Beyond an outdoor grandstand and a public plaza that extends onto Broadway, the hall's entry point—the 6,161-square-foot Grand Foyer—features polished limestone floors contrasted by bloodwood paneling. Here Restaurant Associates manages At65, a 55-seat casual café serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner to concert patrons as well as the public.
The centerpiece of the hall is the Starr Theater, which now has a striking new look. Although very little could be done to change the structure of this 1,087-seat space, the design team created a curvy, almost sculptural surface on the walls using resin panels covered with a wood veneer. Other details, which include new theater seats, acoustic banners, and stage ceilings, were installed to eliminate extraneous noise and diffuse the sound more efficiently. The renovation also added automated stage extensions, lighting configurations, and stage doors.
The Hauser Patron Salon on the mezzanine level is a 4,200-square-foot lounge with a south-facing terrace overlooking the main lobby and which has its own bar and restrooms. For sit-down dinners, the lounge seats 140.
Currently, Alice Tully Hall's theater and lobbies are available for private and public events; the performing arts organization has not determined the availability of the Hauser Patron Salon. Restaurant Associates is the exclusive caterer for all areas of the venue.
—Anna Sekula
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