Speaking in support of the plan, Mr. Close, a Whitney board trustee, said, "The artists are the ultimate clients of the architecture."

Critics often charge the preservation movement with an almost puritanical reverence for the past, and preservationists often charge proponents of contemporary architecture with willfully disregarding it. The Whitney Museum's expansion seems like the best of both worlds: a much-needed expansion that is deeply respectful of history.

- bill 2-10-2005 1:20 pm [add a comment]

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