From Preservation Online, the online magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation

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Guggenheim Won't Go Yellow


Story by Margaret Foster / Dec. 11, 2007

After much debate about a paint job for Manhattan's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission decided last month that the Frank Lloyd Wright building will retain its current color, light gray.

The issue: repainting the famous spiral-shaped building the light yellow color Wright chose when it was completed in 1959. The original yellow had been covered with 11 layers of paint, unearthed in 2005 during a $29 million renovation of the Guggenheim.

The commission voted 7-2 for light gray on Nov. 21, and workers will begin repainting the facade this spring.

Now entering its third year, the Guggenheim renovation is scheduled to be completed this summer.

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