Following a $31 million deficit, the Met will delay its new $600 million Modern and contemporary art wing by up to seven years, instead focusing on roof/skylight work in the European paintings galleries. [NYT] In his series “Morning Joe,” photographer David Joseph captures discarded, abandoned coffee cups on the streets of NYC. [Untapped] The city’s 3.3 million immigrants, who make up 40 percent of the population, contribute $10 billion annually to NYC taxes. [Metro] More than 4.5 million tourists sailed to the Statue of Liberty in 2016, the most ever. [DNAinfo] The Interior Department announced 24 new National Historic Landmarks, including NYC’s Schomburg Center for […]
The Met delays its new $600M wing; photographing NYC’s abandoned coffee cups : 6sqft
