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Article on Drawing Center relocation to World Trade Center site,

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A news article detailing the Drawing Center's search for and selection of a new location near the former World Trade Center site.

NYC-WTC_000143460–000143463

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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document THEArts Che New Hork Cimes The Drawing Center Finds Its Perch After Exile From Ground Zero, Hope Centers on a Fulton Fish Market Site Glass factory ®MANHATTAN 85 W Broedway New Market Quilding By ROBIN POGREBIN Fiferman Halt Leaving ground zero last summer in a furor over its mission and content, the Drawing Center considered more than 150 alternative sites down- Sclame/Calatrave Tower town before making its choice before the holidays: a site occupied by part of the old Pulton Fish Market alongside the South Street Seaport Drinterviews, offictals at the center currently based ia Sottor described thetsearch as something of a roller coaster ride from dejection to giddy hope. Scouring abandoned buildings, vacant parking lots and high-rises, they fell in love with some locations and flatly rejected others, while learning the perils of what its president calls a "lack of nimbleness" by losing out to quick bidders. The site they ultimately chose, known as New Market, is by no means a done deal: the building currently there, which would be razed to make way for new construction, is owned by the city, which has not yet entered negotiations with the Drawing Center. But city cultural offl- clals have so far voiced support, signaling that the Drawing Center, an institation devoted to historical and contemporary works on paper, may The Drawing Center considered several places, left, before choosing an East River site, above. soon be able to declare victory. "The ultimate desire of the city is that they be relocated and contribute to the revitalization of Low-. er Manhattan," said Kate D. Levin, the city's com- BROCKAN missioner of cultural alfairs. The city and the Draw- The New York Times ing Center have yet to start formal discussions. To some extent, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is overseeing the downtown rebuilding effort with the city, seemed to feel an obligation to help the Drawing Center alter its de parture from the former World Trade Center site. "We have always belleved that the Drawing Center would make a posítive contribution to Lower Manhattan's revitalization," said Stefan Pryor, president of the development corporation. After a seemingly aus- picious start in June 2004, when it was selected as one of four cultural in- stitutions to be based at ground zero, the Drawing Center suddenly found itself vilitied last summer by familles of some 9/1l victims as un- Continued on Page 7 NYC-WTC_000143460

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