Construction of Green-Wood Cemetery's Green-House visitor center shows the exterior nearly finished and the construction fence removed. The restored Weir Greenhouse is fully visible, wrapped by a two-story, terra-cotta-clad L-shaped building at 750 5th Avenue designed by Architecture Research Office. Landscaping by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates includes a green roof on the one-story glass wing, benches, and plantings leading to the 25th Street entrance. The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the greenhouse restoration in 2015 and the final visitor complex design in 2021. Capital funding included $4.5 million in 2022 and $500,000 in state funds in 2023. Interior build-out will include orientation space, classrooms, galleries, archive storage, offices, and restrooms.
The Green-Wood Cemetery's new visitor center is looking close to finished on the exterior and the construction fence has come down. The gleaming Weir Greenhouse is now fully visible along with the terra-cotta-clad new building that wraps around the 19th century landmarked structure. A sign for Green-Wood is already in place on one wing of the new L-shaped building at 750 5th Avenue, which was designed by Architecture Research Office.
The bright green of the historic building pops against the sleek terra-cotta panels of the two-story building, and the onion dome of the greenhouse still manages to dominate the corner. Landscaping, by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc., is also in place. A green roof tops the one-story glass wing that connects the greenhouse to the new structure. Benches and plantings lead the way to the entrance on 25th Street.
While the restoration of the greenhouse was approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission back in 2015, the final design for the visitor complex wasn't approved until 2021. The project got a boost in 2022 with $4.5 million in capital funding, and in 2023 an additional $500,000 in state funds were allocated. A view of the restored greenhouse was briefly possible in July of 2023 when the old construction fence came down while prepping the site before work began on the new building.
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