Columbus Circle
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Columbus Circle
The museum is no stranger to New Yorkers, if only because of the bitter preservation battle that arose over its purchase and planned renovation of 2 Columbus Circle, the 1964 lollipop building near Central Park designed by Edward Durell Stone. The building has been empty much more than occupied. Built as Huntington Hartford's Gallery of Modern Art, 2 Columbus Circle closed in 1969 and then reopened as the New York Cultural Center. she said that at least many, many people knew that there would be a Museum of Arts and Design at Columbus Circle, and they couldn't pay for that kind of marketing.