The National Park Service is accepting proposals for a renovation of historic Castle Williams, located on New York’s Governors’ Island between Brooklyn and Manhattan, and one of the most intriguing has come from British architect Norman Foster. “Foster has designed an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London that would fit inside the 194-year-old castle and serve as a stage for Shakespeare productions and other performing arts… The cost of the new theater is estimated at $78 million, including renovation of the castle.”
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SF’s de Young Museum To Reopen With New Acquistitions
New York entrepreneur and art collector John Friede has announced that he will donate his entire 3,000-piece collection of New Guinean art to the soon-to-reopen de Young Museum in San Francisco. The collection is valued at over $100 million, and 300 pieces will be immediately exhibited in the de Young’s new building when it opens in October.