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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA) has announced the preliminary design for the Amsterdam Avenue side of its campus. The space will be designed by Hood Design Studio (Landscape Architect), WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism (Design Architect) and Moody Nolan (Architect of Record).
The project creates a new, world-class outdoor performance venue, community park spaces, and removes the wall that has separated Lincoln Center from Amsterdam Avenue—creating new, welcoming entrances along the complex’s west side. Responding to Lincoln Center and local communities’ desire to remove this wall at Damrosch Park, it will be replaced with a series of inviting transition spaces from the street into Lincoln Center’s iconic campus. This extends greater welcome along the west of the performing arts center, while creating a more usable and inviting public park and performance venues that better meet the needs of artists and audiences today.
Key features include:
A welcoming entrance that dramatically opens up Lincoln Center’s Amsterdam Avenue face to neighbors approaching from the west.
A community park featuring a lawn, water feature, tree groves, and garden for public enjoyment.
A new, world-class performance venue that will greatly improve artist and audience experiences.
The design balances the interventions made to the east side of Lincoln Center’s campus more than a decade ago, which created more inviting outdoor spaces on the north and east of campus needed to deliver on its founding mission of the arts for all.
The new design incorporates extensive community feedback from an ongoing participatory process that began in 2023, which engaged thousands of local neighbors, NYCHA residents, community groups, students, and New Yorkers in discussions about how the western side of the campus is used and helped shape the design.
The $335 million capital campaign to support the transformation of the west side of Lincoln Center’s campus has raised 65% to-date, including generous support from the LCPA Board of Directors, who have championed and prioritized this important work from the beginning, as well as a $10 million commitment from the State of New York.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is a Founding Partner of this visionary process, with a $75 million grant that includes their initial support when the project began and builds upon their support of free programming throughout Summer for the City and the ongoing Legacies of San Juan Hill initiative.
A lead gift from The Starr Foundation provides invaluable support, anchoring the project which aligns with its longstanding support of the arts, culture, and vital New York communities.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Lincoln Center West Initiative continues LCPA’s bold investments in the vibrancy of New York and helps ensure the arts are accessible to all—including the expansion of free artistic programs, the design and implementation of a Choose-What-You-Pay ticketing model, the reopening of the redesigned David Geffen Hall, and work with partners across the city—cultivating audiences’ sense of belonging through engagement with art from a range of cultural traditions. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2026 and to be completed by spring 2028.
Visit lincolncenter.org to learn more.
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