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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
For the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Rafael Viñoly Architects PC was tasked with providing a state-of-the-art home for the Philadelphia Orchestra, a flexible theater for multiple types of performances, and a major new public space for the city of Philadelphia. Sited along the Avenue of the Arts cultural corridor on Broad Street, the premises would further the revitalization of this primary north-south axis in the downtown area, as well. >>>
In December 2007, the New York Times Building was the source of localized ice storm, as ice fell from the ceramic rods that comprise its unique outer shell.
