To Understand the Delacorte Theater Renovation, Peek Inside This Rowhouse
The two-family brick house, with faint outlines of the old-fashioned decorative shutters long removed, was across from a warehouse on a quiet street. Mr. Chu bought it with his partner at the time for $380,000. 'We broke up and I kept the house,' he said.
Mr. Chu, 54, now has a portfolio filled with landmark designs, including the newly renovated Delacorte Theater in Central Park, which is set to reopen on Aug. 7 with a production of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night.'
He said his home was 'never intended to be my architectural showpiece.' Still, his decades of home renovations in Ridgewood reflect a thoughtful approach to preservation. The Delacorte was built in 1962 as a 'pop-up,' in Mr. Chu's words, and he and his team at Ennead Architects, where he is a partner, took pains to spare hawthorn roots when trenching the site. 'Central Park is a scenic landmark, so the trees are protected,' he said.
Cracked structural footings, some without rebar, received new jackets of reinforced concrete. A soaring torqued canopy now cantilevers over the entry gates and box office. The redwood ribbed siding that now hides the grandstand is a variegated patchwork of locally sourced water tower staves salvaged from old tanks.
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