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Yonkers Makes Bid to Become SoHo on the Hudson

April 16, 2014 by Marion Maneker

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We’ve been following the news items about Yonkers. But the New York Times explains that the city is pursuing a strategy to attract young people through art:

With metal bars on the outside windows and rooms inside with heavy double doors, Mr. Wolf said the jail would be “a fortress” for the contemporary paintings, 19th- and 20th-century photography, prehistoric American art and ancient Chinese ceramics that he has amassed over four decades, most of which now sits in boxes in storage. He plans to keep one of the jail cells intact “just for fun.”

Otherwise, the building will get a major makeover, with renovations expected to cost more than the $1 million he paid for it in December.

Mr. Wolf, who lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, envisions a Jean Lurcat tapestry in the stairwell and a chandelier in the entryway. Eventually, he plans to add two more floors for art studios designed by Ms. Lin, whose work includes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Ala.

In Yonkers, a Shuttered Jail Becomes Part of a Budding Art Scene

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