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CBS News
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Lincoln Center to get massive $335 million redesign. Here's a look at the new plans.
New renderings have been released showing the massive $335 million redesign coming to Lincoln Center in New York City. The new plans for the crown jewel of Lincoln Square open up the west side on Amsterdam Avenue, increasing accessibility. "This project has been, in some sense, a few years in the making. And, in another sense, it's been in the making since the birth of Lincoln Center," Lincoln Center president and CEO Mariko Silver said. The view from Damrosch Park looking west. Brooklyn Digital Foundry What is now Damrosch Park, and a massive wall that symbolically blocks out those who live across Amsterdam Avenue, will soon be a new, inviting and vibrant space to welcome all members of Lincoln Square, the city and what stood before: A neighborhood known as San Juan Hill. Giving new life to San Juan Hill During Black History Month in February, CBS News New York unveiled the history of San Juan Hill, a predominately Black and Puerto Rican community that was destroyed in the late 1950s to make room for Lincoln Center. "The politicians called it urban renewal. But in the African American community, we called it urban removal," said T.S. Monk, the son of legendary jazz pianist and San Juan Hill legend Thelonious Monk. Monk and Stanley Nelson, the director of the film "San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood," both agreed the next step for Lincoln Center was to remove the wall facing one of the last tangible structures of San Juan Hill - the Amsterdam Houses. Now that's becoming a reality. View of the plaza area in front of the amphitheater at Lincoln Center. Brooklyn Digital Foundry Along the west side, there will be new trees, parks, venues, water features and the wall - now a door for all to Lincoln Center. "We want to bring that spirit forward," Silver said. The project will begin in the spring of 2026 and conclude in 2028, giving new life to a legacy that was almost forgotten. "We want people to be proud of this neighborhood, we want them to feel like they belong in this neighborhood," Silver said. "The neighborhood actually belongs to them."
CBS News
12-05-2025
- CBS News
3 injured after crashing vehicle into pole in Lincoln Square neighborhood
Three people were hurt after a crash early Monday morning on the city's North Side. It happened just before 3 a.m. in the 4700 block of North Western Avenue in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. Chicago police said the 56-year-old man was driving a Buick LaCrosse heading southbound on Western when he lost control and hit a pole. The driver was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital with unknown injuries in serious condition. A woman who was a passenger in the car suffered injuries to the head and chest and was also taken to Illinois Masonic in critical condition. Another woman passenger suffered minor injuries and was taken to St. Francis Hospital in fair condition. Their ages were not released. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, and no other injuries were reported, police said. The Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating.
