When is the renovation project scheduled to begin? When will it be completed?

How will Juilliard change as a result of the renovation?

What has happened so far at Juilliard and Lincoln Center?

• The renovation began in the summer of 2006 with various preparatory projects within Juilliard and throughout Lincoln Center.
  
  
• The completion of the project is slated for fall 2009.
  

How will Juilliard change as a result of the renovation?

Two areas of construction — one an expansion of the building's footprint, the other a reworking of internal, currently open-air space — will yield approximately 39,200 square feet of much-needed classrooms, rehearsal studios, teaching labs, and offices, a multi-functional performance space, a multi-use writing and public speaking center that will support the School’s various liberal arts, language, and humanities programs; as well as the school’s first specifically designed lounge areas for faculty and students, and a fully secured and equipped Scholar’s Reading Room for research and preservation of the Juilliard Manuscript Collection that was greatly expanded this year by a gift of 139 priceless historical pieces. Juilliard’s Broadway frontage will feature a largely transparent glass curtain wall allowing natural light to flood hallways and offices, and bring both dance and music rehearsal rooms into view from the street.

The entrance to Juilliard on the 65th Street side of the building will be lowered to street level. (Current entrance is one floor above the street at ‘Plaza’ level.). A monumental staircase – a hallmark of the original 1968/9 architecture of the building when Juilliard first moved to Lincoln Center – will be restored, and for the first time, Juilliard’s main entrance will provide entry to the School’s classroom building, box office and theaters, all of which currently are accessed from three different locations. The 65th Street wall will also be clad in a new transparency onto Juilliard’s box office areas and its second-floor student lounges, making visible the energy and enthusiasm of the young artists who make Lincoln Center their home, not just a place to visit or work.

• Abatement of asbestos in particular areas of Juilliard.
  
  
• Reinforcement of existing columns and the addition of new columns in locations on the east side of the building support the new cantilevered Broadway extension.
  
  
• Construction of the temporary (“swing”) offices, classrooms, studios in 2nd floor corridors, 5th floor “lounge” areas.
• Ongoing construction/renovation of two "courtyards" on the 5th floor to become addditional temporary rooms. (After the renovation is completed in 2009, these courtyards will house six teaching studios, a new orchestra rehersal room, organ and percussion reherseal rooms, a recording suite, and offices.
  
  

• Demolition of the Milstein Plaza bridge over 65th Street and installation of a temporary mid-block crossing on 65th Street.
  
  
• Closing of the "Broadway Triangle" area (the public area in front of Alice Tully Hall, on Broadway between 65th and 66th Streets) including the stairs and escalator to east plaza walkway.
  
  
• Alice Tully Hall lobby entrance has moved to the north side of 65th Street and the lobby itself extends into Juilliard’s Marble Lobby.
  
  
• Wayfinding and constituent identification signage has been posted on the construction barriers around the "Broadway Triangle" and at the Amsterdam end of 65th Street.