Kaufman Astoria Studio complex gets new building.Studio "J," the first "new" building to be added to the Kaufman Astoria Studio (KAS) Complex, is being designed by the Janson Design Group. "This is the first building to be built as, a studio from the ground up," said Dennis Janson, managing partner of the Janson Design Group. All of the other studios in complex have been retrofitted existing buildings. The 30,000 square-foot building will be sited at the main entrance to the complex. It will be the seventh stage. in the complex, adding a 15,000 to 18,000 square-foot sound stage and more than 20,000 square feet of support space." "Adding a seventh large stage to the complex will solidify the entertainment complex's position as. the premier production center for feature film, television, video and electronic production in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State and on the East Coast," said Hal G. Rosenbluth, president of Kaufman Astoria Studios The Kaufman Astoria Studios is located in Queens, New York, and home to productions like Sesame Street,Johnny and the Sprites, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego, The Cosby Show, Swan's Crossing, Law & Order, and , in approving the final design. "It will bring KAS closer to critical mass and should stabilize the studio's utilization rate." "The new, studio building is very much a 'form follows function' design intended to fit comfortably into the existing studio setting in Astoria, Queens Astoria is a neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. Located in Community Board 1, Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to three other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City (bordering at Broadway), Sunnyside (bordering at . Exterior walls of the sound stage have been carefully designed to satisfy both acoustic aesthetic considerations simultaneously," explained Janson. "The stage and surrounding support facilities will be every bit as flexible and accommodating as competing studios elsewhere in the country and, taken in consideration with the other six stages at Kaufman Astoria, will have every advantage in being part of overall complex." The internationally recognized Janson Design Group is one of the broadcast industry's leading architectural and interior design firms. The firm has completed a broad range of broadcast facilities including MSNBC's 120,000 square-foot television and broadcast facility in Secaucus, NJ and Time Warner's Bay News 9 cable news center in Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. , Florida. The firm was also architect of record for The NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Experience, a new 17,000 square-foot specialty retail store, HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates Theater and interactive environment in Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center, complex of buildings in central Manhattan, New York City, between 48th and 51st streets and Fifth Ave. and the Ave. of the Americas (Sixth Ave.). The project was sponsored by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. . |
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