I have to say, it's so nice to have Lincoln Center back, after what seemed like ages of construction! Here's a few shots of the pubic outdoor spaces.
The steps now have lighted welcome messages. If you've ever been to the Metropolitan Opera, you'd recognize the font below matches the subtitles you can opt to read during a performance.
The plaza and fountain have been upgraded. If you've never seen this plaza in person, you probably would recognize it from The Producers (go to minute 3:30 or so), Ghostbusters (go to 1:07) or Moonstruck (go to 4:56).
The fountain is significantly different in that now a black disk hovers above the ground plane, where previously the fountain was in a black tub.
Water skims over a weir that is located directly underneath the outer edge of the disk.
Okay, so let's talk about the planting. Below, you have - in a space not much bigger than 25'x25', THREE Taxodium distichum and a Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis. Too much!
I sympathize with the pressure to make a landscape look established and mature when there is a high- profile public opening, such as Lincoln Center's. But, to see a strip like this so overplanted frustrated me. It happens more often than not and even with private clients, there is a demand for a garden to look instantly-established. It's my hope that as landscape architects, we can continue to try to educate our clients, and the public at large, that a landscape takes years to come into its own and to exhibit a touch more patience!
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