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New Whitney Museum Profile<a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/whitney-museum-breaks-ground-on-new-leed-seeking-high-line-building/">The Whitney Museum</a> is finally done unpacking in Meatpacking. The illustrious New York institution opened the glassy doors of its new digs at 99 Gansevoort Street today! Come along on our photo tour to take a peek inside the asymmetrical, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=renzo+piano">Renzo Piano</a>-designed, <a href="http://www.usgbc.org/projects/whitney-museum-gansevoort-0">LEED Gold-seeking</a> building, which, in addition to its incredible collection of American art, offers up spectacular NYC vistas from its <a href="http://whitney.org/About/NewBuilding">High Line-hugging</a> perch.1
New Whitney Museum Possible LeadMany New Yorkers think of the Whitney as an uptown institution, but it actually got its start when founder and sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opened the Whitney Studio in Greenwich Village in 1931. The museum has now found its way back to Lower Manhattan(-ish) with its new 200,000-square-foot space sandwiched between the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/index.php?s=high+line">High Line</a> and the Hudson River. x2
New Whitney Museum Front FacadeDesigned by Pritzker prize-winning architect <a href="http://www.rpbw.com/">Renzo Piano</a> and New York-based <a href="http://www.cooperrobertson.com/">Cooper, Robertson & Partners</a>, the tiered and terraced metal and glass structure features a wide range of programming.3
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New Whitney Museum StaircasesThe museum's grate-like metal staircases echo those of the High Line.5
New Whitney Museum View of the High LineThe view of the High Line from the new Whitney's outdoor stairway.6
New Whitney Museum New York CityThe view from the new Whitney's top-floor deck.7
New Whitney Museum Tiered Design“The design for the new museum emerges equally from a close study of the Whitney’s needs and from a response to this remarkable site," said architect Renzo Piano.8
New Whitney Museum Art on Terrace"We wanted to draw on its vitality and at the same time enhance its rich character. The first big gesture, then, is the cantilevered entrance, which transforms the area outside the building into a large, sheltered public space. At this gathering place beneath the High Line, visitors will see through the building entrance and the large windows on the west side to the Hudson River beyond. Here, all at once, you have the water, the park, the powerful industrial structures and the exciting mix of people, brought together and focused by this new building and the experience of art.”9
New Whitney Museum Top Floor ViewThe view from the new Whitney's top-floor deck.10
New Whitney Museum Inside GalleryThe new space includes indoor and outdoor galleries, an education center, a black box theater, a 170-seat theater with views of the Hudson River, a retail shop, a top-floor cafe, and Danny Meyer and Chef Michael Anthony's new restaurant, Untitled, on the ground floor.11
New Whitney Museum John Eckel Jr Foundation GalleryThe John Eckel Jr. Foundation lobby gallery will be accessible to the public free of charge.12
New Whitney Museum Giant Cigarette Butts<em>The Red Smile</em> by Alex Katz and <em>Giant Fagends</em> by Claes Oldenburg13
New Whitney Museum Cafe InsideThe top-floor cafe.14
New Whitney Museum Top FloorViews of the Hudson River from the top floor of the Whitney Museum.15
New Whitney Museum Under the High LineThe $422 million building, which first <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/whitney-museum-breaks-ground-on-new-leed-seeking-high-line-building/">broke ground in May 2011</a>, is in the process of earning a LEED-Gold rating with the <a href="http://www.usgbc.org/">USGBC</a>.16
New Whitney Museum High LineIf successful, the achievement would make the art museum the first one in New York City to be certified LEED-Gold.17
New Whitney Museum TVsThe Whitney's eco-conscious measures include a green roof and plaza-level planters to mitigate rainwater runoff, a green housekeeping plan to limit the use of harmful chemicals and the use of 20% recycled materials in its construction.18
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New Whitney Museum Untitled BarUntitled is a new restaurant in the museum's lobby.20
New Whitney Museum Central StaircaseThe Whitney's indoor central staircase.21
New Whitney Museum OfficesThe museum's offices are located on the fourth floor.22
New Whitney Museum Gallery RothkoThe gallery floors are lined with reclaimed pine planks.23
New Whitney Museum TerraceSeveral of the gallery spaces are on outdoor terraces.24
New Whitney Museum Colorful ChairsSunset by Mary Heilmann is an installation of forty sculptural chairs.25
New Whitney Museum Calder's CircusCalder's Circus by Alexander Calder26
New Whitney Museum Walk, Don't Walk by George SegalWalk, Don't Walk by George Segal27
New Whitney Museum Women and Dog by MarisolWomen and Dog by Marisol28
New Whitney Museum Yuji Agematsu Whitney Walk On ABCYuji Agematsu's Walk On A, B, C29
New Whitney Museum, Untitled, Robert GoberUntitled by Robert Gober30
