Design Commission - Seventeenth Annual Design Awards

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Seventeenth Annual Awards for Excellence in Design, March 10, 1999

Conservation of the Sculpture of Justice (1887)
Cupola, City Hall, Manhattan
A Project of the Economic Development Corporation
Jean Wiart, Les Metalliers Champenois, Conservator
Conservation of the The Quest for Knowledge (1933) by Florence Lundborg
Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Avenue, Staten Island
A Project of the Board of Education
Luca Bonetti, Conservator
Installation of Edge of the Plant/Edge of the Neighborhood by Vito Acconci
Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant, 329 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn
A Project of the Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art Program and the Department of Environmental Protection
Vito Acconci, Artist
Construction of the Queens Family Court
151-20 Jamaica Avenue at Archer Avenue, Queens
A Project of the New York State Dormitory Authority
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Gruzen Samton Associated Architects
Construction of the Administration for Children's Services Children's Center
Bellevue Hospital Campus, 492 First Avenue, Manhattan
A Project of the Department of Design and Construction
Richard Dattner Architects
Construction of a Recruitment Booth
Times Square, Manhattan
A Project of the Department of Transportation
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Architecture Research Office
Construction of a Lakeside Café
Bronx Zoo, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx
A Project of the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Wildlife Conservation Society
David Rockwell, Rockwell Group
Construction of an Addition to the Administration Building
Owls Head Water Pollution Control Plant, 6700 Shore Road, Brooklyn
A Project of the Department of Environmental Protection
Metcalf & Eddy
Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn
Construction of a Community Rock Garden
Longfellow Avenue between East 173rd Street and East 174th Street, Bronx
A Project of the Department of Parks & Recreation
Abel Bainnson Butz Landscape Architects
Special Recognition Award
Development of an Educational Component for the Conservation of Scenes from the Early History of Manhattan (1916-1921) by Barry Faulkner, an Adopt-A-Mural Project
Washington Irving High School, 40 Irving Place, Manhattan
A Project of the Municipal Art Society and the Board of Education
Michele LiCalsi