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The Drawing Center is a museum and educational center located in Lower Manhattan in New York City (USA). In was first established in 1977 to "provide opportunities for emerging and under-recognized artists; to demonstrate the significance and diversity of drawings throughout history; and to stimulate public dialogue on the issues of art and culture." A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...
Woolworth Building, looking south along Broadway The Lower Manhattan skyline as viewed from Hoboken, New Jersey. ...
Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location [[Image:|250px|250px|Location of City of New York, New York]] Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R...
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The Drawing Center recently was the source of controversy when it was declared as being a possible candidate for space within the new site of the World Trade Center. This controversy came about because of some of the art exhibits the museum displayed which depicted the U.S. government, the War in Iraq, and even the September 11 Attacks on the World Trade Center in a harsh light. Many families of those who had lost loved ones during the attacks on the World Trade Center were appalled that The Drawing Center could be a candidate for having space in what is to be a memorial for those lost in the attacks. Others, including representatives of The Drawing Center, argued that freedom of expression should be given to the artists, and the representatives of The Drawing Center refused requests to 'tone down' their exhibitions. The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC) was a complex of seven buildings designed by Japanese-American architect Minoru Yamasaki and leased by Larry Silverstein from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey around a central plaza, near the south...
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The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...
As of August 12, 2005, The Drawing Center has officially removed itself from contention as one of the groups to occupy the new World Trade Center, and is currently exploring the possibility of relocating to an area near the South Street Seaport. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A view of the South Street Seaport in New York with the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges. ...
See also
The Metropolitan Museum of Art African Burial Ground American Folk Art Museum American Museum of the Moving Image American Museum of Natural History Hayden Planetarium (the Rose Center for Earth and Space) Bartow-Pell Mansion Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Brooklyn Museum Carnegie Hall Center for Architecture Cooper...
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