Highline deal for museum.The Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of the Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City, founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. It was an outgrowth of the Whitney Studio (1914–18), the Whitney Studio Club (1918–28), and the Whitney Studio Galleries (1928–30). has entered into a Conditional Designation Letter with the New York City Economic Development Corporation Overview New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is a non-profit local development corporation that promotes economic growth across New York City's five boroughs. to acquire a site at Gansevoort and Washington Streets to build a second museum facility. The city-owned site in the Meatpacking meatpacking or meat-processing, wholesale business of buying and slaughtering animals and then processing and distributing their carcasses to retailers. The livestock industry is among the largest in the world. District, is the gateway to the High Line, the eagerly anticipated new West Side park. This is the first step for a project that must undergo the city's public review process. In addition to the Whitney program, a portion of the site will be allocated for offices for the High Line and a meatpacking facility. Robert J. Hurst, president of the Whitney Board of Trustees, said, "The site will allow us to create significant architecture that is responsive to its urban context and make an important contribution to this evolving and dynamic part of our City." |
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