Architect:

Steven Holl with Vito Acconci

Completion:

1993

Description:

This ground-floor facade restoration, a collaboration between architect Holl and artist Acconci, is composed of irregularly-shaped panels that pivot on hinges. The panel's various shapes and their combinations of open or closed conditions create - especially when combined with weather conditions - a potentially different facade each day.

The interior is a long, tapered space that exhibits the old structure's columns, floor and ceiling. Gallery space along the long wall is visible from the street when the panels are open, helping to activate this stretch of Kenmare Street.

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Address:

97 Kenmare Street

New York, NY 10012

212.431.5795

Map/Directions/Info:

The gallery is located at 97 Kenmare Street, between Mulberry and Lafayette Streets in the Soho/Chinatown/Little Italy area of Manhattan.

Train: 6 to Spring; N/R to Prince; B/D/F/V to Broadway Lafayette.

Car: Visiting by car isn't recommended, unless you just plan on driving by.

Open Tuesday - Saturday

11am - 6pm

Closed Sunday and Monday.

Nearby:

40 Mercer Residences

Max Mara Soho

Ini Ani Coffee Shop

Other buildings by architect:

Simmons Hall

Links:

Storefront for Art and Architecture

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Vito Acconci

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