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NYC’s Museum of Modern Art unveils revised expansion plan

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Museum of Modern Art has unveiled a revised expansion plan. MoMa announced a preliminary design two years ago. The new plan was made public Tuesday. The work will add about 50,000 square feet of exhibition space, enhance galleries and replace a 1939 staircase that was removed. A plan…

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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2004, file photo, people pass in front of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The museum’s revised expansion plan was made public, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. The work will add about 50,000 square feet of exhibition space, enhance galleries and replace a 1939 staircase that was removed. The museum will remain open throughout the construction as the three-phase, $400 million project, is expected to be completed in 2019 or 2020. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
FILE – In this Nov. 20, 2004, file photo, people pass in front of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The museum’s revised expansion plan was made public, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. The work will add about 50,000 square feet of exhibition space, enhance galleries and replace a 1939 staircase that was removed. The museum will remain open throughout the construction as the three-phase, $400 million project, is expected to be completed in 2019 or 2020. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Museum of Modern Art has unveiled a revised expansion plan.

MoMa announced a preliminary design two years ago. The new plan was made public Tuesday.

The work will add about 50,000 square feet of exhibition space, enhance galleries and replace a 1939 staircase that was removed.

A plan to build a new entrance to its sculpture garden has been scrapped.

There will be a reconfigured lobby to address overcrowding.

The street-level museum store will be moved downstairs. Second-floor retail space will also be added next to the museum cafe.

The three-phase, $400 million project is expected to be completed in 2019 or 2020.

The museum will remain open throughout the construction. The first phase starts next week.

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