{"id":228173,"date":"2026-05-12T03:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/228173\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:48:11","slug":"tear-down-that-wall-lincoln-center-breaks-ground-on-new-west-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/228173\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTear Down That Wall\u201d \u2014 Lincoln Center Breaks Ground on New West Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the sun finally broke through a gray afternoon sky on Monday, Governor Kathy Hochul stood in Damrosch Park and reached for a line not usually associated with a Democratic politician at a groundbreaking ceremony. \u201cI don\u2019t usually quote Ronald Reagan,\u201d she told the crowd gathered outside Lincoln Center. \u201cBut tear down that wall.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Governor Kathy Hochul at Lincoln Center West groundbreaking on Monday afternoon. Photo: Phil O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n

The remark drew laughter and applause, but it also captured the thread running through the afternoon ceremony marking the start of Lincoln Center\u2019s $335 million West Initiative \u2014 a project that aims not only to physically open the campus toward Amsterdam Avenue, but also to confront the legacy of the neighborhood that was displaced to build it.<\/p>\n

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Publisher & Editor Phil O\u2019Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images\u2019 major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children\u2019s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.<\/p>\n

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