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OLIN Public Plaza for the MetThe steps in front of the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> are one of the most grand and iconic landmarks in the city, but the plaza surround the massive staircase is anything but: the sidewalk is crumbling, the fountains barely work, and the trees are dying. At a meeting last week, landscape architecture firm <a href="http://www.theolinstudio.com/" target="_blank">OLIN</a> unveiled its plans to revamps <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/listing/metropolitan-museum-of-art/" target="_blank">the Met</a>'s four-block public plaza for the first time in 40 years. The Philadelphia-based design team plans to transform the space between 80th and 84th Streets into a more pleasing, eco-friendly area with new seating, tree-shaded paths, museum-run vendors, and energy-efficient lighting.1
OLIN Public Plaza for the MetThe steps in front of the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> are one of the most grand and iconic landmarks in the city, but the plaza surround the massive staircase is anything but: the sidewalk is crumbling, the fountains barely work, and the trees are dying. At a meeting last week, landscape architecture firm <a href="http://www.theolinstudio.com/" target="_blank">OLIN</a> unveiled its plans to revamps <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/listing/metropolitan-museum-of-art/" target="_blank">the Met</a>'s four-block public plaza for the first time in 40 years. The Philadelphia-based design team plans to transform the space between 80th and 84th Streets into a more pleasing, eco-friendly area with new seating, tree-shaded paths, museum-run vendors, and energy-efficient lighting.2
OLIN Public Plaza for the MetThe steps in front of the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> are one of the most grand and iconic landmarks in the city, but the plaza surround the massive staircase is anything but: the sidewalk is crumbling, the fountains barely work, and the trees are dying. At a meeting last week, landscape architecture firm <a href="http://www.theolinstudio.com/" target="_blank">OLIN</a> unveiled its plans to revamps <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/listing/metropolitan-museum-of-art/" target="_blank">the Met</a>'s four-block public plaza for the first time in 40 years. The Philadelphia-based design team plans to transform the space between 80th and 84th Streets into a more pleasing, eco-friendly area with new seating, tree-shaded paths, museum-run vendors, and energy-efficient lighting.3
OLIN Public Plaza for the MetThe steps in front of the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> are one of the most grand and iconic landmarks in the city, but the plaza surround the massive staircase is anything but: the sidewalk is crumbling, the fountains barely work, and the trees are dying. At a meeting last week, landscape architecture firm <a href="http://www.theolinstudio.com/" target="_blank">OLIN</a> unveiled its plans to revamps <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/listing/metropolitan-museum-of-art/" target="_blank">the Met</a>'s four-block public plaza for the first time in 40 years. The Philadelphia-based design team plans to transform the space between 80th and 84th Streets into a more pleasing, eco-friendly area with new seating, tree-shaded paths, museum-run vendors, and energy-efficient lighting.4
