| Date: Built between 1956 and 1959.
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Gugg in History: Though the Guggenheim is now one of
Manhattan's archetypal buildings, Frank Lloyd Wright held a low
opinion of New York City, believing that it suffered from overpopulation
and architectural blandness. "I can think of several more desirable
places in the world to build [Solomon Guggenheim's] great museum,"
he wrote in 1949.
The Gugg Today: The New York museum now has counterparts
in four cities: Bilbao, Venice, Berlin, and Las Vegas, where two
new branches opened in October.
Address: 105 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street
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