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Lieb House to Float Up East River
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Jen Carlson
Published Mar 9, 2009
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A small piece of architectural history will float down the East River this Friday the 13th. Robert Venturi's 1969 Lieb House was nearly demolished until a plan to relocate it from New Jersey to Long Island came through. Now the move to Glen Cove is being celebrated with drawings, photographs, movies, and interviews, as well as a celebratory sail past the Seaport. The Storefront for Art and Architecture says "to gather at South Street Seaport to watch Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Lieb House carried via barge under the Brooklyn Bridge and on into Long Island Sound. The passage of the house and the assembled onlookers will be filmed by 13 cameras, including a heli-cam, to become part of Jim Venturi's documentary Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown." In the early 70s Mrs. Lieb told the NY Times, "It's a real dumb house, just a box, but it's gorgeous." [via Brooklyn Heights Blog]
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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