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  Sunday  June 20  2004    11: 39 PM

museums

I was shocked at the exterior condition of Wright's Guggenheim, on my recent trip to New York. I feel much better to see it's being taken care of.

Guggenheim Reviving Its Main Asset: Itself


After 45 years the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright's soaring spiral that has become one of Manhattan's greatest tourist attractions, will undergo a major facelift. And while it has good bones, like many Wright buildings the Upper East Side landmark is plagued with cracks, leaks and corroding surfaces.

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  thanks to reenhead