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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Endowment company history timeline

1956

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. was incorporated in 1956 as a nonprofit corporation.

1958

In 1958, the group bought a four-block, 14-acre plot from the City of New York, using donated funds.

1962

Philharmonic Hall opened with a grand concert led by Leonard Bernstein on September 23, 1962.

1962: First building, Philharmonic Hall, is completed.

The Revson Fountain will retain its name in honor of a 1962 gift by the Revlon Foundation in honor of the cosmetics executive Charles Revson.

1964

Lincoln Center's landmark fountain was completed in 1964, a few weeks before the New York State Theater opened.

1965

Great Performers Since 1965, Great Performers has presented world-class artists in compelling performances of classical and bold, cutting-edge repertoire.

The next season, beginning in the fall of 1965, was led by another pair of directors, Jules Irving and Herbert Blau.

1966

The Metropolitan Opera House opened in 1966.

1970

In 1970, Amyas Ames became Lincoln Center's new chairman of the board.

1973

Philharmonic Hall was renamed Avery Fisher Hall in 1973 in recognition of a major gift.

1976

Work continued on the hall's acoustics, and in 1976 the performance space closed for some time, to make way for a major reconstruction.

In 1976, Lincoln Center televised the first of its live broadcasts on the nation's Public Broadcasting System (PBS), the popular show Live from Lincoln Center.

1983

All this came to a head in August 1983, when Lincoln Center's board moved to cut the theater company out of the general funds the Center disbursed, and to forbid the company from using the name Lincoln Center Theater Company.

1986

Segal retired as Chairman in 1986.

1988

By 1988, the theater was routinely selling out, and the theater company had made some $35 million in ticket sales.

1990

In 1990, Lincoln Center spent some $180 million on its new Samuel B. and David Rose Building, which gave the Juilliard School space for dormitories as well as administrative offices.

1999

1999: Constituent Development Project is founded to plan renovation.

2001

After September 11, 2001, and a major decline in the stock market, the project was scaled back by almost half, to a projected $675 million.

2002

He is elected by the Board of Directors on February 28, 2002, but does not formally assume the post until May 1, 2002.

The longstanding summer Mostly Mozart series ran into trouble in its 2002 season, when contract negotiations between the musicians and Lincoln Center broke down.

2003

2003: New York Philharmonic announces it will leave Lincoln Center, then returns.

2005

He announced his resignation in January 2005.

2011

June 17, 2011 The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center opens to the public.

2012

Following five decades of artistic excellence and service, Lincoln Center completed an award-winning major transformation in October 2012 to fully modernize its concert halls and public spaces, renew its 16-acre campus, and reinforce its vitality for decades to come.

In addition, LCPA led a $1.2 billion campus renovation, completed in October 2012.

2014

October 3 through December 1, 2014 Lincoln Center, in association with Public Art Fund, presents a new digital commission, Solar Reserve (Tonopah, Nevada) 2014, by Irish artist John Gerrard.

November 13, 2014 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the family of Avery Fisher announce landmark agreement to enable renaming of Avery Fisher Hall and a new Lincoln Center Hall of Fame, celebrating artists and others who have defined excellence at Lincoln Center.

2015

April 14, 2015 Lincoln Center in a partnership with Fathom Events announce a new cinema series, Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance.

June 8, 2015 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announce Vin Cipolla is appointed Executive Director of the David Geffen Hall Campaign.

September 24, 2015 A ceremony in honor of David Geffen's $100 million donation and the renaming and inauguration of David Geffen Hall is held on Josie Robertson Plaza.

2019

The project is on track to begin construction in 2019 at an expected cost of approximately $500 million.

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