When a city planning project is introduced, many things need to be considered by the city officials. Lincoln Center had a huge impact on the neighborhood in both negative and positive ways.

Lincoln Center is an imitation of Campidoglio square in Italy. There are two buildings on the sides and one main building in the middle, creating a big open space. Many buildings were demolished to made room for Lincoln Center. Meaning that many families were forced to move out. This is a good example of gentrification. Removing the poor and create wonderful open space for the upper and middle class. Many of the families now live in Harlem and South Bronx. It is just like when Central Park was built. Many poor, native people were removed to make room for open space, where rich people can take advantage of the new space. Lincoln Center can be considered as art center because of the usage of the surrounding buildings. It can be a good thing, but many areas will be lacking in art centers. People from different neighborhoods need to come to Lincoln Center, but they don’t have to go to many places to enjoy different forms of arts. Because of the way the buildings were arranged, people come to one point as they finished up with the art shows, which is the open space in the center. This creates an opportunity for people to socialize and share their thought about the shows.

It was my first time in Lincoln Center and I had a positive feeling about the space. It is compact but not cluster. Each building is different but similar. I wonder if the interior of the buildings is different or not.