Art: Center Piece

Six of the top architects in the U.S. have been working since 1955 on Manhattan's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and it has been, as one of them described it, rather like "trying to get six composers to write one symphony." In recent weeks, the theme has progressed to the point where the composers can start planning the final, climactic chord—a monumental piece of sculpture to be placed beside the reflecting pool in the North Plaza. From the beginning, the center's designers wanted something"heroic," and the name of Britain's Henry Moore (TIME...

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