The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved Selldorf Architects' renovation and expansion plans for the city's Frick Collection museum, despite ongoing protests against the "harmful" project.
Approved during a hearing yesterday, 26 June 2018, the proposal by Selldorf Architects will involve the largest overhaul of the Frick Collection since it was transformed from the home of industrialist and collector Henry Clay Frick into a museum. Completed in the 1930s by architect John Pope, the overhauled building has undergone several extensions.
New York's Frick Collection has received permission to go ahead with the expansion designed by Selldorf Architects
Selldorf Architects' scheme includes opening parts of the original Frick residence to the public for the first time, restoring its Russell Page-designed garden, and adding an extension to the museum's library. However, the proposal has received much opposition from preservationists since it was unveiled earlier this year.
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The Cultural Landscape Foundation sent an open letter to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ahead of the hearing, outlining concerns for the future of the garden on East 70th Street. It warned that Selldorf Architects' proposal still "nullifies Page's design".

Completed by the British landscape architect in 1977, the green space also formed a point of contention for a previous Davis Brody Bond-d...