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Books will be available to borrow from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; a snack bar is planned for the northeast corner; pop-up performances will be offered throughout the summer and fall. Lien added, “In the past, Josie Robertson Plaza has been a space that you walk through in order to see a performance, to get to the Library, or even to admire the fountain for a bit, but I dreamt of making it a space of inhabitation, of pleasure, and of rest. I wanted to make a place where you could lie on a grassy slope and read a book all afternoon. Get a coffee and sit in the sun...

Lincoln Center’s Plaza Is Going Green. Really. Lincoln Center, whose theaters remain closed by the pandemic, will cover the plaza around its fountain with a synthetic lawn as it pivots to outdoor performances. A rendering of Lincoln Center’s spring-summer look, as its plaza is transformed into a parklike setting.Credit...Timothy Leung April 13, 2021, 12:00 p.m. ET Lincoln Center, which is holding a series of performances outdoors while its theaters remain closed by the pandemic, announced Tuesday that it would transform the plaza around its fountain into a parklike environment by bl...

“The GREEN” will transform the approximately 14,000 square feet of open, concrete expanse surrounding the Revson Fountain into an environment that invites New Yorkers to relax and enjoy the open, park-like space. “When invited to consider how the physical space of Josie Robertson Plaza could be re-envisioned to be a more inclusive and inviting environment, I immediately thought that by changing the ground surface from hard paving stones with no seating to a material like grass, suddenly anyone would be able to sit anywhere,” Mimi Lien said in a statement.  Books will be available for...

Patti Smith returns to singing live with Brooklyn concert MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer March 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail CORRECTS DAY OF CONCERT - FILE - Patti Smith attends a special screening of "Pavarotti" at the iPic Theater in New York on May 28, 2019. Smith performed a mini-concert at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday, March 9, to honor photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and also adding her voice to a series of pop-up events that represent the city’s first baby steps toward the return of live indoor performances. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Evan Agostini/Evan Agost...